by design | Sep 9, 2024 | Columnist, Steely
Visiting Old Fort Marr in Benton A Day Away By Mike Steely Many of our region’s historical structures are not where they originally stood. Many, like Fort South West Point in Kingston, were reconstructed where the fort once stood and others, like Fort White in...
by design | Sep 9, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
Reason Cecil’s Grocery, Part 1 By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Editor’s Note: This is part one of a two-part series that was originally published in the September 26, 2016, issue of Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture. Almost two years ago my wife...
by design | Sep 9, 2024 | Black, Columnist
The Dangers of Wokespeak By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com I am a bit dismayed that so-called conservative media has adopted the language of the left. I once wrote an essay for a solidly conservative organization that proceeded to...
by design | Sep 8, 2024 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Citizens Should Be Represented By Districts City Councilwoman Amelia Parker is having a community meeting on September 14, 2024, at the Clinton Chapel AME Zion in Mechanicsville at 546 College Street in Knoxville. Parker will...
by design | Sep 8, 2024 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
James P. Pope of Idaho & Tennessee By Ray Hill I doubt very much if any readers recall James Pinckney Pope, but there was a time when his name was quite well known here. Indeed, for 24 years of his life, Jim Pope lived in Knoxville with his wife, Pauline; Jim Pope...
by design | Sep 4, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
Back to Normal By Joe Rector Things are back to normal for the most part. Eight weeks ago, I managed to nearly sever my left ring finger with a table saw. Folks ask me if I’m finished using the thing, and I tell them yes … until I figure out something else, I want to...
