by Joe Rector | Oct 24, 2016 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector joerector@comcast.net Last spring, Amy and I traveled to Cookeville to help sort through her aunt’s possessions. She suffers from Alzheimer’s and resides in an assisted living community. To pay for her stay there, the house had to be sold. Family came to...
by design | Oct 24, 2016 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore After a few months of sniffling, itching, and sneezing, I finally went to an allergist. What he told me after going through some needle-ing tests, amazed me. I was allergic to weeds, some trees and mold. What! Me! Allergic to Mother Nature, whom I love...
by design | Oct 24, 2016 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Recently, I’ve considered leaving my column at The Knoxville Focus. I’ve written weekly essays for ten years, but that’s not the issue. I ask myself, “What does it matter?” Maybe it doesn’t, but my sense of duty is to “man-up” even if that...
by Steve Williams | Oct 24, 2016 | Columnist, Williams
Butch Jones should have gone for two! Sorry, I can’t let it go. If he had, I really believe Tennessee would have made it and beaten Texas A&M in regulation. Then that 49-10 loss to Alabama would have been a little easier to swallow. Then we would be 3-1 in SEC...
by design | Oct 23, 2016 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
New commission members get active By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The size of the property at the South Knox Senior Center is increasing thanks to the approval of a purchase last week by the Knox County Commission. The commissioners approved an expenditure of...
by design | Oct 23, 2016 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley For those teachers who have rallied around Board of Education member Amber Rountree’s resolution urging that the State of Tennessee issue a waiver for the TN Ready scores, the recent edict from the Obama administration must have been a blow. Rountree...
by design | Oct 23, 2016 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com It was the 38th annual Apple Festival at the Washington Presbyterian Church in Corryton and this year’s event drew thousands of people. Held behind the historic cemetery of the church, which was founded in 1802, the festival...
by Ray Hill | Oct 23, 2016 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill In the fall of 1966, Republican Howard Baker kicked off his general election campaign for the United States Senate. He faced Democrat Governor Frank Clement in November, one of the most popular and experienced campaigners in Tennessee for the last decade....
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By Ken Lay The last few weeks haven’t been easy for Tusculum College senior soccer player Lindsey Kelly. Kelly, a 2013 Karns High School graduate, had high hopes for her senior year in Greeneville. But those aspirations had to take a back seat when she broke her leg...
by design | Oct 23, 2016 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams It might have been his last game on Bob Black Field and he left Fulton High fans something to remember him by on offense and defense. Chaton Mobley, nicknamed “Mobbatron,” scored on both sides of the ball Friday to lead the Falcons to a convincing...
