by Steve Hunley | Oct 9, 2016 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley With the division on the Knox County Board of Education widening, fingers are being pointed at Interim Superintendent Buzz Thomas for an email to members about the resolution sponsored by Amber Rountree. Rountree’s resolution seeks a waiver from the...
by Ray Hill | Oct 9, 2016 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill During the last decade, Tennessee has become more solidly Republican with the GOP occupying the governorship, both seats in the United States Senate, seven out of nine Congressional seats and a majority in the General Assembly. Not so long ago, Tennessee...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Oct 3, 2016 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan There is a lot of confusion about the term judicial diversion, with many thinking it is something like a “get out of jail free” card. Judicial diversion, at its base level, means you can plead guilty to a charge and serve the probationary period...
by design | Oct 3, 2016 | Absher, Columnist
I have decided to take a sabbatical from writing/reporting for The Focus. As many of you know, I am a consulting geologist during the day, and cover education issues in my spare time – but the demands of my “day job” have increased measurably and consumed...
by Ralphine Major | Oct 3, 2016 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major There is a message before you even enter: Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, Self-Control. The words of Galations 5:22-23, known as the fruit of the Spirit, are engraved in the building at the church’s...
by design | Oct 3, 2016 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore After a long, hot summer, Autumn is finally here. How refreshing to feel cool breezes in the mornings and evenings. Here is what that famous Old Farmers Almanac predicts for the winter of 2017: Northeast–colder than normal and near normal...
