by design | Nov 12, 2018 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson One my travel axioms (sayings) is, “Get on a plane, rent a car and you can see the world.” Having visited four continents and after a dozen sojourns in Europe, my wanderlust has dissipated, but not gone altogether. The picture above is a view of...
by Steve Williams | Nov 12, 2018 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association has crowned 255 state champions in football since 1969. Twenty-five of those have been high school teams in Knox County. On average, that would be about one state champion every two years for...
by Steve Hunley | Nov 11, 2018 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley The recent midterm election in Tennessee was historic. I double checked my facts and Bill Lee is the first Republican governor-elect to take over from a member of his own party since 1869. Since 1970’s election of Republican Winfield Dunn, Tennesseans...
by Mark Nagi | Nov 11, 2018 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Alex Norman The most highly anticipated men’s basketball season in years got underway in solid fashion for Tennessee with two victories. On Tuesday, November 6th the Vols beat Lenoir-Rhyne 86-41. Over 16,000 fans saw the Vols defeat head coach Rick Barnes’s...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Nov 5, 2018 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan I know the question that has been burning in your mind. It’s like an itch that you have needed scratched for a long time. Well I am here to answer your question and scratch that itch. What is the question that has been gnawing in your...
by design | Nov 5, 2018 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson By the time you read this essay I will be in Portland, Oregon to see my new granddaughter, and, of course, her now big sister, Cleo. It’s hard to be contemporaneous when an essay has to be written the week before it runs in The Focus. However, I’m...
