by design | Dec 19, 2016 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson About this time every year, lady friends of mine begin to talk about how stressed-out they are. Apparently, their nurturing gene shifts into full throttle as the winter solstice nears, and women feel they must make Christmas “magical” for their...
by Steve Williams | Dec 19, 2016 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Dear Santa, It’s that time of year when I send you a list of things I would like to see in the world of sports. This year though it’s going to be a little different. I’m focusing on Tennessee football and specifically head coach Butch Jones. He...
by Mark Nagi | Dec 19, 2016 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman Lane Kiffin has been the head coach of an NFL team (Oakland). Lane Kiffin has been the head coach of two of the all-time top 15 college programs (Tennessee, Southern California). Lane Kiffin has been the offensive coordinator for an Alabama team that...
by design | Dec 18, 2016 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
High schools again provide holiday helpers By Steve Williams While much of Knoxvillians’ interest, along with their thoughts and prayers, has been in the deadly and destructive wildfires that struck the Sevier County area recently, the holiday season has continued...
by Steve Hunley | Dec 18, 2016 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley The Knoxville News Sentinel came out last week with a milquetoast editorial noting the Democrats, still smarting over the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States, want to debate the need for the Electoral College. Eventually the...
by design | Dec 18, 2016 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams In its fourth year on the roads of Knoxville and East Tennessee, the Family Truckster is looking better than ever. Owner Dave Moore has given her a bright, fresh pea-green paint job, the same color she donned when the Christmas Vacation movie,...
by Ray Hill | Dec 18, 2016 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Senator Howard Baker entered the fall general election after having followed a strategy of organizing early and avoiding controversy. Baker’s opponent, Jane Eskind, had won the Democratic primary by self-funding and had tried to take advantage of the...
by Ralphine Major | Dec 18, 2016 | Columnist, Major, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ralphine Major “I was totally surprised when I got my orders and found out I was going to Salzburg, Austria. I had to look on a map to see where it was located!” he said. “That was the beginning of a beautiful journey of a lifetime,” he added. Charlie Lovell was...
by design | Dec 18, 2016 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay For the first half of its District 4-AAA basketball game against rival Halls the Powell High School girls basketball team struggled. The Lady Panthers were down by two points at halftime. But a halftime pep talk from coach Chrstin Webb was all that Powell...
by design | Dec 18, 2016 | The Daily Focus
By Mike Steely For more than 60 years Alvin Frye has been pumping gas in Fountain City and his EXXON Station at the corner of Broadway and Essary Road has been home for him and his crew for 25 years. The 92 year old veteran of World War II and Korea is getting medical...
