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...
by Steve Williams | Mar 25, 2019 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams If you have a question about past TSSAA state basketball tournaments – like final scores of games, who the champions were or how far a team advanced in the bracket – Nelson Smotherman will have the answer. Starting in 1960 and every season since, he...
by Mike Steely | Mar 25, 2019 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely Powell Valley is located just south of Cumberland Mountain stretching from Wise County, Va., all the way into Eastern Tennessee along the Powell River. The name “Powell” comes from long-hunter Ambrose Powell, a member of Dr. Thomas Walker’s exploration...
