by Joe Rector | Dec 5, 2016 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector For most of my adult life, friends and acquaintances have at some point asked me where I’ve lived. When I reply, “Knoxville, except for the years I lived in Cookeville for college,” they wonder aloud why I never ventured out. The reasons are many. When I...
by design | Dec 5, 2016 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore For love and understanding? It behooves me to sadly see the hate and despair between people at especially this blessed time of the year, when we pause to celebrate Christ’s birthday. It is time to put away grudges and anger and think about forgetting...
by design | Dec 5, 2016 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson The Trump derangement syndrome continues to rage as Democrats search for someone or something to blame for their shellacking. Actually, it was the Democrat Party’s decision in 2011 to abandon their blue collar base, for instance in the rust belt,...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Dec 5, 2016 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan A large portion of Tennesseans do not have a will that dictates who gets what when they die, they simply have not gone to the trouble of ever making a will. When this happens, the state’s laws of intestate succession, aka who gets what when there...
by design | Dec 5, 2016 | The Daily Focus
Starting the morning of Monday, Dec. 5, motorists will have a new option for accessing the State Street Garage, the Promenade Garage and the Marble Alley Lofts garage: A two-block section of State Street will be converted from one-way to two-way traffic. There...
by design | Dec 4, 2016 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Teacher Advisory Committee discusses evaluations By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Teacher evaluations and school textbooks were the topics of Tuesday’s meeting of the Knox County Teacher Advisory Committee and Interim Superintendent Buzz Thomas said the meeting...
by Steve Hunley | Dec 4, 2016 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley The problem of drug addiction in America is complex, troubling and growing at an alarming rate. Yet I wonder if our country has really made the effort to properly regulate opioid painkillers. Clearly if Walmart can instantly know how and when to...
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By Alex Norman The Webb Spartans were looking for its ninth state championship, and fourth in five years. But it would be Lausanne Collegiate School picking up its first gold ball. On Thursday, December 1st, Lausanne edged Webb 12-9 for the Division II-A championship,...
by Ray Hill | Dec 4, 2016 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill For much of 1979, Howard Baker was preoccupied with the business of running for president. Senator Baker arrived at the Lyons Township Republican annual steak fry and the temperature was still a broiling 90 degrees as the sun went down. Worse still, the...
by design | Dec 4, 2016 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams It may be grassroots football, but the intricacies of it are more sophisticated than one might expect. At least that was the case for Grace Christian’s 11-and-under Pee Wee team this season. The Rams installed a new offense this year and put in a new...
