by design | Jul 8, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson
The Potemkin Presidency “Campaigns are snapshots and sound bites.” Dan Bongino By Dr. Jim Ferguson They all knew, and by now, so do we. They lied to us repeatedly, just as they lied about Russian collusion, Covid, January 6, Charlottesville and I could go on. So...
by design | Jul 8, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
Fireworks By Joe Rector The day began with my rising at 5:00 a.m. to go to work. By 5:30, I was mowing tee boxes with the mower headlights on. By 9:00, I was finished and on the way home. Once there, I took a shower to wash the grass clippings and mud splatters away....
by design | Jul 8, 2024 | Columnist, Steely
Visiting Big Stone Gap A Day Away By Mike Steely Just over two hours northeast of Knoxville is a special small town loaded with history, scenery and myth. Big Stone Gap, Virginia, is in Wise County and near the Virginia-Kentucky state line and at the foot of a gap in...
by design | Jul 8, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Mental Health Advisory Board to meet via Zoom By Mike Steely The Knox County Mental Health Court Advisory reviews the operations for the local mental health court. It was designed to provide individualized treatment for adult defendants who have serious and...
by design | Jul 8, 2024 | Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF GEORGE MICHAEL AILEY DOCKET NUMBER 89656-3 Notice is hereby given that on the 18 day of JUNE, 2024, letters testamentary in respect of the Estate of GEORGE MICHAEL AILEY who died May 14, 2024, were issued to the undersigned by the...
by design | Jul 7, 2024 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Early voting starts Thursday Three new precincts to open By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Knox County voters will begin voting Thursday on a long ballot that includes everything from commission races to board of education seats. Early voting...
by design | Jul 7, 2024 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Liberal Propaganda Exposed During First Presidential Debate By Steve Hunley When Special Counsel Robert Hur found that Joe Biden was “a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory,” the White House went into a tizzy to do damage control, wailing such...
by design | Jul 7, 2024 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Three vie for District 2 school board seat By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Knox County School Board District 2’s race is drawing some interest as the incumbent is running as an Independent, one candidate is a Democrat newcomer, and the third...
by design | Jul 7, 2024 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The War Referendum: Congressman Louis Ludlow of Indiana By Ray Hill Louis Ludlow is largely forgotten today, but during his heyday in the 1930s, he was one of the most well-known members of Congress. A newspaperman by trade, Ludlow became famous for proposing...
by design | Jul 7, 2024 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Parrott-Wood Memorial Library receives TOP grant Secretary of State of Tennessee Tre Hargett and his wife Dawn visited Parrott-Wood Memorial Library on June 26, 2024, to award them with a $7,133.00 Training Opportunities for the Public (TOP) Grant. This grant is made...
