by design | Dec 29, 2019 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Fountain City auction opens year with Advertisement Auction and Toy Sale By Ken Lay Fountain City Auction will soon begin the New Year with its biggest event of 2020. On Saturday, January 4 it will host its 15th annual Advertisement Auction and Toy Sale. The day-long...
by Steve Hunley | Dec 29, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley There is a new phrase to summarize where many Americans find themselves currently in the age of “fake news.” It’s called “cord cutting”, meaning folks who have cut the cord to cable television and/or land line telephones. It is also indicative of how...
by design | Dec 29, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com People are still taking about the invocation given by Rev. Chris Buice at the inauguration of Knoxville’s new mayor, city judge, and city council members December 21. Rev. Buice is senior minister at the Tennessee...
by Ray Hill | Dec 29, 2019 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Governor Tom C. Rye had run for the United States Senate in the 1918 Democratic primary against Senator John Knight Shields as a supporter of President Woodrow Wilson and lost. Rye’s defeat did not necessarily mean the people of Tennessee had turned...
by design | Dec 29, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Austin-East quarterback Trey Foster was a Lamar Jackson-type player in Knox County high school football this past season. Like the Baltimore Ravens’ Jackson, the NFL’s top candidate for MVP honors, the Roadrunners’ talented senior excelled as both a...
by design | Dec 29, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay The 2019 volleyball season was full of excitement as three area teams ended their respective seasons in Murfreesboro at the state championships. Concord Christian and Catholic each made it to the title matches. The Lady Lions (Division II-A) and the...
