by Mike Steely | Jan 31, 2016 | Columnist, Steely, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com If you are new to Knoxville you’ve probably familiar with Cumberland Avenue and Kingston Pike, the one-in-the-same street that runs from downtown all the way to Farragut and on to Loudon County. Driving west from downtown, past the...
by Ray Hill | Jan 31, 2016 | Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill “If you trust the people, they will trust you.” Arthur Capper Before there was Bob Dole, there was Arthur Capper. Capper was the most successful politician in Kansas for decades. Of the many campaigns he waged, he lost only one. He served two terms as...
by Steve Williams | Jan 25, 2016 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams The Tennessee Lady Vols are wobbling, but there’s still time to make them stronger for a post-season run. Coach Holly Warlick just needs to do some tweaking. With 11 games remaining before the SEC tourney, here are my recommendations: Work the ball...
by Mark Nagi | Jan 25, 2016 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman The stories are as bad as we think. Coaches willing to break NCAA rules to woo a recruit to their university. The NCAA and their member institutions turning a blind eye because the unpaid labor brings in billions. College athletics has never been more...
by design | Jan 25, 2016 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore Lets start with the downers first. I thought I was the only one who started the year 2016 on the wrong note but as I glanced in the newspaper each day I noticed that many other people were leaving us, most of them from that horrible big “C.” Glenn Frey,...
by Ralphine Major | Jan 25, 2016 | Columnist, Major
It was awesome to see a teenager holding a hymnbook in today’s high-tech world! Last week’s column featured young Ashley Boruff in a photo taken by her mother, Candy, during recording. I knew there must be some hymns on her new CD. There are! “The CD has a little...
