by design | Apr 1, 2019 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore Many months ago I wrote about Durham, North Carolina, where my son and his family reside. Once again I visited there and, although he still lives there, I have two granddaughters who now live in Raleigh, North Carolina, so I decided to write about it....
by Joe Rector | Apr 1, 2019 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector I don’t know about you, but I’m exhausted. The last two years have been filled with reports, lies, indictments, and now, exoneration. My head is spinning from it all. What lies ahead? I didn’t vote for this president, and to be honest, I don’t like him....
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Apr 1, 2019 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan Okay, so maybe you were driving faster than you should have been. You see the blue lights behind you. Let’s walk through the do’s and don’ts from that point forward. Do: Pull over as soon as possible. Pull way over, not just barely out of the...
by Steve Hunley | Apr 1, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley
There is too much at stake to get this wrong By Steve Hunley, Publisher publisher@knoxfocus.com How should Knoxville residential and commercial property owners respond to the rewriting of fifty years of Knoxville City Zoning code that defines and protects their...
by Steve Hunley | Mar 31, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Tennesseans should support the governor, ESAs By Steve Hunley Tennesseans ought to stand up and support Bill Lee and the governor’s Education Savings Account legislation. Legislators are being bombarded by special interests opposed to parents and students having a...
by Ray Hill | Mar 31, 2019 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Tennessee’s senior United States senator, John Knight Shields, was a candidate for a third term in 1924. Shields faced two formidable opponents inside the Democratic primary: General Lawrence D. Tyson of Knoxville and former state Supreme Court Justice...
