by design | Apr 21, 2025 | Columnist, Rector
Take Good Care of Her By Joe Rector Congratulations to Gage and Ashley Sharp on the birth of their daughter Olivia Grace on April 15. A family was born with the child’s arrival, and while I’m thrilled for my friends, I wouldn’t trade places with them for a billion...
by design | Apr 21, 2025 | Columnist, McKeehan
Background Checks of Child Care Workers By Jedidiah McKeehan If you are a new parent, or maybe even an experienced parent, and you have concerns about whether your children are safe with the workers in their daycare, you may want to review Tennessee Code Annotated...
by design | Apr 21, 2025 | Columnist, Steely
Remembering Bob Booker By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com One of the first people I met after I moved to Knoxville about 30 years ago was Bob Booker. I got to know him somewhat from his history within the community and as the first African American...
by design | Apr 21, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘Do something about the terrible series standing’ By Tom Mattingly Despite what you might have thought or heard, the early years of the Tennessee football program were not without their share of controversy. The Vol football program was lucky to have...
by design | Apr 21, 2025 | Columnist, Nagi
The Nico Chronicles By Mark Nagi This whole mess could have been avoided so easily… in so many ways. Nico Iamaleava could have gone to Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel after the Orange & White Game, told him his intentions to transfer, and both sides could have...
by design | Apr 20, 2025 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Divided Democrats? James Carville, a one-time Democrat strategist, on his “Politicon” podcast has suggested the Democrats go their separate ways, only coming back together when running against Republicans. What Carville proposed...