by design | Apr 30, 2018 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore It is a well-known fact that women have been protesting and marching since time began. Think of Susan B. Anthony, a pioneer crusader for women’s voting rights; Harriett Tubman, a former slave who escaped then made 13 missions to rescue other enslaved...
by Mark Nagi | Apr 30, 2018 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman After the Orange & White Game was over, representatives of Tennessee’s football program met with the media. And by representatives, I mean new head coach Jeremy Pruitt. No players, no assistant coaches… just Pruitt. This creates its own set of...
by Steve Williams | Apr 30, 2018 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Jeremy Pruitt set the tone his first day on the job. And I liked what I heard. “Your expectations aren’t near what mine are,” he said to me and you at his introductory press conference after being named Tennessee’s head football coach in...
by design | Apr 30, 2018 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson All writers think their words should be read, if not savored. Well that’s a bit too much, because I’ve been organizing my past Focus essays and I cringe at some of my past prose. Furthermore, I am repeatedly surprised, as I read my weekly essay...
by Steve Hunley | Apr 29, 2018 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley The Knox County Board of Education will meet tonight to consider the budget recommended by the superintendent. The superintendent and his staff have reconfigured the budget after the board delayed the vote in the hope of “finding” more money and...
by Ray Hill | Apr 29, 2018 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill To give one an idea of what life was like during the 1934 campaign, a lamb shoulder roast was 16 cents per pound; bran flakes were 10 cents a box; two pounds of trout fillet was 25 cents. One store advertised a sale of women’s dresses—seersucker,...
