by design | Jul 31, 2022 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Only two weeks remained before Tennesseans trooped to the polls to cast their ballots in the 1948 election. Voters had an unusually large number of choices in the presidential race; Democrat Harry Truman, Republican Thomas E. Dewey, States’ Rights...
by design | Jul 31, 2022 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay It was a little late but the Leadership Knoxville Class of 2010 finally celebrated its 10-year reunion late Thursday afternoon at the Knoxville Museum of Art. The event was originally scheduled for the summer of 2020 at Cherokee Country Club. The...
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By Bill Howard One would have to live under that proverbial rock to not know how widespread is the scourge of mental illness in America. Bad enough before the pandemic, it seems that the last two years have brought almost daily reports of the nation’s frightening...
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By Steve Williams The strength of Central High’s football team this season will be “establishing the run and stopping the run” says Head Coach Nick Craney. Junior running back Frank Johnson IV, a powerful 5-9, 225-pounder, is expected to take care of the first part....
by design | Jul 31, 2022 | The Daily Focus
By Mike Steely Greeneville’s Andrew Johnson was a pro-Union Democrat and slave owner. When he stuck with the Union and Abraham Lincoln named him Military Governor of Tennessee, Johnson announced, on August 8th, 1863, that he was releasing all the slaves he and...
by design | Jul 30, 2022 | The Daily Focus
A group of twenty-five law enforcement officers, first responders and medical staff graduated from Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training on Friday, July 29, 2022. This graduating class included staff from the University of Tennessee Police Department, Knoxville...
