by design | Mar 13, 2017 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore Jesus the very thought of thee With sweetness fills my breast, But sweeter far thy face to see, and in thy presence rest. Oh hope of every contrite heart, O joy of all the meek, To those who fall, how kind thou art! How good to those who seek!...
by design | Mar 13, 2017 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson My wife Becky is my local expert on child care and development. She has academic credentials, but more importantly she has experience teaching preschoolers and raising children. Our granddaughter just turned two years old and understandably is...
by Mark Nagi | Mar 13, 2017 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman Tennessee will have a different look in 2017, thanks in part to some significant off season moves by Butch Jones. Four new assistants have joined the Vols coaching staff, including Brady Hoke, the former head coach at Michigan. “Right now I love my...
by design | Mar 13, 2017 | The Daily Focus
Knoxville-based Connor Concepts, Inc., is celebrating 25 years in business this month, having first opened The Chop House in Knoxville, in March of 1992. Connor Concepts, Inc. now includes 12 Chop House locations and five Connor’s Steak & Seafood restaurants,...
by design | Mar 12, 2017 | Public Notice
Foreclosure notices NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated January 31, 2005, executed by AMY J JONES, TIM W NOWELL , conveying certain real property therein...
by design | Mar 12, 2017 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Urgent Care Center gets quick approval By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com What was thought to be the most disputed item before the planning commission Thursday, the approval of the Helen Ross McNabb Behavior Health Urgent Care Center, passed with little debate....
by Steve Hunley | Mar 12, 2017 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Earl Hoffmeister passed away last week at 90. Many readers likely knew Earl Hoffmeister personally, as did I. I was one of those who was actually taught by Hoffmeister. Quite a few years ago, I was a student in Earl Hoffmeister’s mechanical...
by design | Mar 12, 2017 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com There is one less undiscovered Civil War site in Knoxville. A Third Creek cannon embankment, known as a “Redan,” was discovered about 10 years ago by Dr. Charles Faulkner as he and his wife walked along the greenway there and the...
by Ray Hill | Mar 12, 2017 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill As President Franklin Roosevelt and Secretary of State Cordell Hull prepared to approach Congress to revise the Neutrality Act, the opposition in Congress was formidable. Of course the Roosevelt administration was aided by some equally imposing...
by Ralphine Major | Mar 12, 2017 | Columnist, Major, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The timeline of events as told by the late Woodrow Luttrell is packed full of history. Words that were meant to communicate with his family’s younger generations are being shared with Focus readers, giving a rare glimpse of life during the early 1900s. Woodrow...
