by Joe Rector | Aug 22, 2016 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Teenagers are a funny bunch, and freshman are always the most comical. Over my lifetime, I’ve been one and have watched many classes of them during 30 years as a teacher. They arrive at high school “wet behind the ears” but act as if they are seasoned...
by design | Aug 22, 2016 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore Did you watch the Olympics? I hope so. It is one way to applaud the athletes for all their hard work—for the years of dedication, determination, and hopes that they displayed during the games and at the finals. I had a granddaughter years ago who...
by Mark Nagi | Aug 22, 2016 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman 4th and 14… It was the down and distance that many Vols fans have forever burned into their psyche. Making a stop on 4th and 14 against the Florida Gators last September not only would have snapped Tennessee’s 10 game losing streak to their rivals, but...
by design | Aug 22, 2016 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher Knox County experienced unusually warm weather during the first two weeks of school this year (or maybe KCS is just starting school in the middle of the summer now). Either way, a number of area students and parents are hot under the collar about Board...
by design | Aug 22, 2016 | The Daily Focus
The 6th Annual Family Safety and Preparedness Fair is scheduled for Saturday, August 27 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at World’s Fair Park. Dozens of agencies, community organizations and businesses will answer questions and instruct classes on how people can best...
by design | Aug 21, 2016 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
UT announces security, parking changes for Thursday game By Ken Lay For the first time since 1938 the University of Tennessee will have a Thursday night home game at Neyland Stadium. Expectations are high for the Volunteers as Coach Butch Jones enters his fourth...
by Steve Hunley | Aug 21, 2016 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Over the years, readers will recall I have maintained there is an appalling bias in the media. This would not be so appalling were it not presented in the guise of “news.” There is a place for opinion and commentary, which used to be in the editorial...
by Ray Hill | Aug 21, 2016 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill The 1948 election in Tennessee was a watershed political event. For two decades, the political partnership of senior United States senator Kenneth D. McKellar and Edward Hull Crump, leader of the Shelby County machine, had dominated Volunteer State...
by design | Aug 21, 2016 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com When District Attorney General Charme Allen took office in September of 2014 she said the office had no one designed to deal with elder abuse and she recognized that the growing number of cases involving senior citizens needed some...
by Steve Williams | Aug 21, 2016 | Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:, Williams
By Steve Williams Many years ago, when youth soccer started growing in popularity in this country, I wondered if soccer might someday replace football as the game played at Neyland Stadium and venues of other major universities. In what I saw as a softer America, many...
