by design | Jul 1, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson
Signs of the Time “It’s good to go, but it’s great to come home.” JVF By Dr. Jim Ferguson I hope everyone read my June 10, 2024 essay, “Gotham.” Actually, I hope my essays are read every week. But more importantly, I wanted you to consider implementing the action...
by design | Jul 1, 2024 | Columnist, Nagi
Tennessee Baseball Earned That Title By Mark Nagi It was never going to be easy. Tennessee’s baseball team, the number 1 ranked team in the country, knew full well that the top seed in the NCAA tournament had not won the national championship since the Miami...
by design | Jul 1, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
The best offensive player to ever wear No. 50 By Tom Mattingly Mark down Jan. 1, 1967, as an orange letter day in the history of Tennessee football. That was the day the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) reported that Curtis Cliff “Chip” Kell from Decatur, Georgia,...
by design | Jul 1, 2024 | Columnist, Williams
John Wilkerson would be ripe for the pickin’ By Steve Williams Who would you like to see become the next Voice of the Vols? I’m referring to the positions Bob Kesling has now with the University of Tennessee football and men’s basketball programs. I’m not trying...
by design | Jul 1, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Museum of Appalachia to “Shoot Anvils” this 4th of July with Special Guest Robby Bowman of Forged in Fire NORRIS, Tenn.: For decades, the Museum of Appalachia has celebrated our nation’s Independence in a peculiar fashion. Every year on the Fourth of July, the Museum...
by design | Jul 1, 2024 | Public Notice
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by design | Jun 30, 2024 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
County earns record revenue from annual tax sale By Ken Lay Buyers came with deep pockets to score property at the annual Knox County Tax Sale Wednesday at the Grande Event or Knoxville Expo Center. The yearly event is held by the Knox County Trustee’s Office in order...
by design | Jun 30, 2024 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Quote of the Week “The attorney general’s case in New York frankly should never have been brought. “If his name was not Donald Trump and if he wasn’t running for president. . . I’m the former AG of New York, and I’m telling you...
by design | Jun 30, 2024 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Fans welcome back national champions with epic downtown celebration By Ken Lay Tennessee baseball fans braved the heat and humidity to welcome home some of their favorite athletes early Tuesday night in Downtown Knoxville. The fans made one more salute to the 2024...
by design | Jun 30, 2024 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The Gentleman From Missouri: Forrest C. Donnell By Ray Hill During a time when Democrats were the majority party in Missouri, Forrest Donnell was one Republican who could win statewide elections, albeit by frighteningly small margins. A lawyer by profession, Donnell...
