by design | Oct 31, 2021 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs kicks off re-election campaign By Bill Howard Some 125 enthusiastic supporters of Knox Co. Mayor Glenn Jacobs were on hand last Thursday night when Jacobs officially kicked off his reelection campaign. The event – staged by Chris...
by design | Oct 31, 2021 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Commissioner Larsen Jay has put together a rather solid case for those Republicans who aren’t following the bylaws as written and approved by the Tennessee State Executive Committee. Let me quote from the Bylaws of the Tennessee Republican Party under...
by design | Oct 31, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Focus Staff Edith Jackson is celebrating something special at her Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio in The Gallery Shopping Center at 7240 Kingston Pike. Ninety years ago, during the Great Depression, a pioneering woman from Indiana opened her first cosmetics studio in...
by design | Oct 31, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill It was James A. Fowler who helped to send a murderer to prison for an unusual and spectacular crime in 1906. One of the most prominent cases in Fowler’s long legal career involved a young lawyer, Sam Parker, who had been a stand-out athlete at the...
by design | Oct 31, 2021 | Columnist, Duncan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com There was nothing conservative about either the Clinton or Obama Administrations, but the Biden Administration is starting to make them look conservative in comparison. For many years, a statement has been mistakenly...
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PHOTO BY STEVE WILLIAMS Hardin Valley Coach Bryan Brown chats with his boys’ cross country team and brings some smiles to their faces as the Hawks rest after winning the Region 2 Class AAA title for the fourth straight year. By Steve Williams Hardin Valley Coach...