‘Wait ’til you see that run on the newsreels’

‘Wait ’til you see that run on the newsreels’ By Tom Mattingly Radio play-by-play announcers from a long-ago day, exemplified by Bill Stern and Ted Husing, were quite good in describing a game their listeners couldn’t see. Here’s an example. The venue was the 1951...

Finding Uncle Luke’s Moonshine Still

Finding Uncle Luke’s Moonshine Still More Than A Day Away By Mike Steely We’re blessed to have so many options for outdoor adventures in our region. Over the years I’ve ventured here and there in our mountains looking for interesting and abandoned places and linking...

Publisher’s Positions

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...

Lucille Foster McMillin

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...

Biden Scandals Are Bigger Than Watergate

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...

Do you believe the polls?

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...