by design | Aug 15, 2021 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
School board rejects proposal to implement mask mandate By Ken Lay Knox County Schools Superintendent Bob Thomas will not have authority to require the district’s staff, faculty or students to wear masks on campus. Thomas also won’t have the authority to implement...
by design | Aug 15, 2021 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Matt Shears, chairman of the Knox County Democratic Party, is up to his typical virtue signaling. Shears sent out a press release recently with the shocking news local Democrats had cancelled their Truman Day Dinner and called on Knox County...
by design | Aug 15, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams The 2021 high school football season will jump right in with several rivalry games. Six of the 13 opening matchups definitely fall into that category and a couple of others could turn into such type contests. Karns at Hardin Valley tops the list as...
by design | Aug 15, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill One year ago on August 3, I lost my beloved Scottish terrier, Mackie. I still miss the little fellow something fierce and there’s not a day that goes by without my thinking about him. Losing anyone we love profoundly is a terrible loss. It literally...
by design | Aug 15, 2021 | Columnist, Duncan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By John J. Duncan Jr. On my first day as judge of the criminal court, Gary Tulloch, the chief probation counselor for 16 counties in East Tennessee, told me that “98% of the defendants in felony cases came from broken homes.” He was a little high, and it is much more...
by design | Aug 15, 2021 | Black, Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfoctus.com One morning I decided to count the “now hiring” signs to/fro an errand. There were 12 and two job fair signs. I can’t remember when it seemed like every business was hiring. My son who runs several popular 24/7 restaurants...
