by Steve Hunley | Feb 2, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Harold Wimberly, Jr. was a truly unique man, a treasured friend to those lucky enough to have earned his friendship. Harold Wimberly was a jurist who occupied a bench in Knox County for forty years. That alone is quite a feat yet there was so much...
by Steve Hunley | Jan 26, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley This evening the Knox County Commission will vote on the TVA Tower lease. Another commission vote will be held later on whether to sell the Andrew Johnson Building and move the Knox County School System into the TVA East Tower. County Mayor Glenn...
by Steve Hunley | Jan 19, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley When Jim McIntyre was at the peak of his power —and he lorded over the Knox County school system like a Byzantine emperor—few members of the board of education lauded or more steadfastly supported McIntyre than did Doug Harris. A wealthy businessman...
by Steve Hunley | Jan 5, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley The old adage “You can’t please everybody” is probably more apt than ever. In a perfect world, Mike McMillan would be running for reelection to the Knox County Board of Education without opposition. Instead, he has a couple of opponents in the...
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 Steve Hunley | Dec 15, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley In politics, it is hardly unusual when a politician stacks the deck before dealing the cards. Mayor Glenn Jacobs has certainly done that with the announcement of his appointments to serve on the Knox County Charter Review Committee. Every ten years,...
