by design | Jun 26, 2016 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com What insurance agent in Knoxville is “bigger than life,” known just about anywhere he goes and is active in various causes in our area? The answer is Glenn Jacobs, owner of Jacobs Insurance Associates, LLC. Jacobs might be better...
by Ray Hill | Jun 26, 2016 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill The art of politics has changed dramatically over the years. The age of truly gifted speakers who could move the emotions of audiences, bringing them alternately to laughter or tears is long gone. Courthouse rallies and barbecues are already becoming...
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By Steve Williams There will be a lot of sunshine in Frances Harrison’s future. Webb School’s female Student-Athlete of the Year for 2015-16 signed scholarship papers last November to play beach volleyball at the University of South Carolina. In Harrison the Gamecocks...
by design | Jun 26, 2016 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Alex Norman The Yankees started the CBFO 8-10 softball season on a high note with a win against the Blue Jays, but things went sideways after that initial victory as they lost their next 5 games. But the Yankees never gave in, and all of their hard work finally...
by design | Jun 26, 2016 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Shelby Reynolds kept her priorities straight at Carter High. “The thing I’m most proud of as a student is just remembering that grades come first and always making time to do what I had to with school work,” said the school’s Student-Athlete of the...
by Steve Williams | Jun 26, 2016 | Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:, Williams
By Steve Williams I lost my dad on March 5. I think of him every day. My eyes already are full of tears as I try to write this first paragraph. He died peacefully at the Parkwest Hospital Senior Behavioral Health Center on a Saturday evening about 10:30. Dad had...