by Ray Hill | Mar 3, 2019 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Lawrence Davis Tyson was Tennessee’s junior United States senator and while not a professional politician, the senator continued to demonstrate he had learned quite a lot in the short time he had served in the Senate. Possessing a gentlemanly nature, Tyson...
by design | Feb 25, 2019 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Recently, I promised you a surprise, something different. And if the technological wonders of iPhones and the internet work as planned, these contrivances will enable me to send this essay to you from the bottom of the world. When I was sick...
by Joe Rector | Feb 25, 2019 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector The world is a cold place. Well, this globe and nature aren’t necessarily that way; neither cares one whit about humanity. However, it’s we who are supposed to be the masters of all other species who are so hardened. That’s proved itself once again...
by Ralphine Major | Feb 25, 2019 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major As seniors, they sat across from each other in a classroom at Halls High School. The year was 1951. His name was Emerson Mynatt; hers, Juanita Torbett. Emerson introduced the girl to his older cousin, Ralph Omer Major. The cousin and the girl married...
by Mike Steely | Feb 25, 2019 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely We’re fortunate that our area has several original structures built by early settlers. We’ve got places like the Nicholas Gibbs homestead, Blount Mansion, the Swan Pond home of the Ramsey family, and many more. Within the Knoxville area there...
by design | Feb 25, 2019 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore I received a Daily Devotional book for Christmas, written by Billy Graham. He shared his thoughts with everyone who reads this book and I want to share with you what he had written for February 25th, which is the day The Focus will be circulated in this...
