by Joe Rector | Oct 14, 2013 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Okay, let’s try to sort things out. The House of Representatives Republicans don’t like Obamacare. They want to defund it, delay it, or do anything else to stop its implementation. So, they refuse to fund the budget with a continuing resolution unless...
by Ralphine Major | Oct 14, 2013 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major In Memphis, Carol and Perry McGinnis had each other and a dream. They had little else—not even a car! Perry rode Memphis city buses to school; Carol rode them to work. But over time, things changed. It was July of 1959 and the last school quarter...
by design | Oct 14, 2013 | Columnist
by Sharon Frankenberg, Attorney at Law October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Domestic violence is a pattern of controlling behavior aimed at gaining power in order to control an intimate partner. “It is not just about hitting and punching. It is a...
by Ray Hill | Oct 13, 2013 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill There are quite a few things named for Horace Maynard in our community, not the least of which is Maynardville. Yet, few people seem to recall Horace Maynard, who was one of the masters of Tennessee’s rough and tumble politics before and after the Civil...
by Ray Hill | Oct 6, 2013 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill For more than a decade Leonidas Campbell Houk was the Congressman from Tennessee’s Second District. A man with neatly combed hair and a mustache that would have done justice to a Victorian villain; Houk was a popular political figure who tightly...
by Steve Hunley | Sep 29, 2013 | Archives, Hunley
By Steve Hunley According to information obtained by The Knoxville Focus through a Freedom of Information Act request, on July 17th, from 2:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero met with Knoxville Councilwoman Brenda Palmer. She also met with Knoxville...
