by Joe Rector | Oct 17, 2016 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector When I was just a wee lad, I lay in bed at nights and dream. On some occasions, they were interrupted by warm streams that ran down my legs and soaked the sheets. No, I wasn’t dreaming of a bath or a swim in the ocean; I had not yet conquered the battle...
by design | Oct 17, 2016 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore The sidewalks will soon be filled with goblins, ghosts, and ghoulish costumes, worn by children and adults. Whether you like it or not, many play at being scary. The sad fact of the matter is Hallowe’en is actually scary–in real life, in this day...
by design | Oct 17, 2016 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Hardly a day goes by without some story, tragedy or crime related to drugs. Statistics tell us that we are in the middle of a drug epidemic and Tennessee is an epicenter. In our state the per capita usage of opioids, like hydrocodone and oxycodone,...
by design | Oct 16, 2016 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Reason for Celebration By Ralphine Major It started out as one small act of kindness and a simple mission. A group of ladies passed a can around to help cancer patients with gas money. Today, the collection can has grown and so has the mission! Who could have...
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By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Thursday was special for Vietnam era veterans at the World’s Fair Park those soldiers, sailors and airman were honored in a special ceremony by Vet2Vet Tn. The ceremonies were hosted by Vet2Vet President Freddie J. Owens. Each...
by Ray Hill | Oct 16, 2016 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill After having lost a close race for the United States Senate in 1964, Howard H. Baker, Jr. resolved to run again in 1966. Senator Ross Bass would have to defend his seat after only two years, as he was completing the term of the late Estes Kefauver. The...
by design | Oct 16, 2016 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com South Knoxville’s link with “downtown” Knoxville is the Henley Street Bridge and that entrance to the south is slowly getting a huge improvement. Although many businesses suffered when the bridge was closed for construction a few...
by design | Oct 16, 2016 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com When Kassie Ritchey talks about ReBath of Knoxville she’s full of pride about the company and her family’s involvement there. “We are family-owned and operated and try to treat everyone as family,” she explained. Kassie and her...
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By Steve Williams There are two weeks of the regular season remaining on the local high school football scene, but already some regional champs have been crowned. Gibbs had an open date Friday night but earned the Region 2-5A title anyway by virtue of Heritage’s 17-10...
by design | Oct 16, 2016 | The Daily Focus
This is an open call to artists to submit any 2 dimensional artwork in any manner or any subject as long as it fits within the confines of a gold frame. 3 dimensional work is also encouraged as long as it has gold in the piece. The artwork must be...
