by design | Aug 30, 2020 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Knox County Board of Health discusses public forum, mask mandate By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com As some Knox County Commissioners consider removing Health Board members the board met again Wednesday to hear Deputy Knox County Law Director David...
by Steve Hunley | Aug 30, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Welcome Jimmy Duncan! The Knoxville Focus is extraordinarily proud to welcome former congressman Jimmy Duncan as a regular columnist. We already have, in my opinion, the best line-up of columnists of any local newspaper and Jimmy’s column will be...
by design | Aug 30, 2020 | Columnist, Duncan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Everything looks easy from a distance My friend, Ray Hill, who writes a great political history column for this newspaper, told me several years ago that I won the lottery with my parents. I had never thought of it in that...
by Ray Hill | Aug 30, 2020 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Once a reliably Democratic state, Tennessee was a battleground state in the 1964 election. Congressman Joe L. Evins of Tennessee’s Fourth Congressional District was designated President Lyndon B. Johnson’s campaign manager for the Volunteer State. At the...
by design | Aug 30, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Justin Pressley has notched his first win as Carter High’s head football coach. Pressley’s Hornets did it on the road too, winning at Campbell County 24-13 Friday night in a non-region game. In his comments on Saturday to The Focus, Pressley...
by design | Aug 30, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Gibbs’ multi-pronged rushing attack made the difference By Bill Howard Two sets of Region 2-5A high-school football Eagles coming off season-opening losses — Gibbs and Seymour — squared off Friday night at Ernest Whited Stadium. Behind a fierce ground game—322 yards...
