by design | Aug 13, 2023 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Ward Proposes Regional Mental Health Facility As this is written, County Commissioner Kyle Ward is moving along his resolution asking for support from the State of Tennessee to help fund a mental health center for Knoxville. Knoxville is the only city...
by design | Aug 13, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill While Lucille Foster McMillin is barely remembered today, she was a pioneer for women in public service during her time. Married to Benton McMillin, a member of Congress for twenty years and twice governor of Tennessee, Lucille Foster McMillin was...
by design | Aug 7, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
Biden Scandals Are Bigger Than Watergate By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Miranda Devine, a columnist with The New York Post, wrote on July 26th that it was “mystifying” that President Biden would be bragging about “Bidenomics…since polls show only one in...
by design | Aug 7, 2023 | Black, Columnist
Do you believe the polls? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Today’s political headlines tell us that Donald Trump will most likely be the Republican nominee and that all other contenders might as well quit the race. The polls show that...
by design | Aug 7, 2023 | Columnist, Major
The Tasty Watermelon (Part II) By Ralphine Major It was hidden underneath the dark green rind shown in this column a couple of weeks ago. When it was cut, the luscious fruit was bright red all the way to the rind. The best part of the melon, however, is the sweet,...
by design | Aug 7, 2023 | Columnist, Rector
Not Tough Enough By Joe Rector On the Friday before July 4th, my sweet wife fell and had a slight fracture of the bone that’s at the outside of the knee. To make it worse, she had skinned her knee and lower legs. Yep, she was quite miserable. We got her home after...
