by design | Feb 22, 2016 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Sometimes you realize what’s right only after seeing what’s wrong. A majority of Americans now believe our country is on the wrong track, and only party apparatchiks and the Washington “beltway boys” think otherwise. Even Hillary and Bernie say...
by Joe Rector | Feb 22, 2016 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector I so much want to be one of those men who can build things. To be a craftsman who takes a piece of wood and creates a beautiful piece of furniture is a dream I’ve long held. The truth of the matter, however, is that I am less than capable when it comes...
by design | Feb 22, 2016 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher Waiver Granted for TNReady Test Scores Last week Gov. Bill Haslam and Commissioner of Education Candice McQueen announced that in light of difficulties with the MIST platform for the online TNReady test, they are proposing that TNReady data not be...
by Steve Williams | Feb 22, 2016 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams This and that: Last Friday afternoon’s unseasonably warmer weather, with the temperature in the 60s, came just in time for Tennessee’s baseball season opener against Memphis. It reminded me of how often hot summer days in late August suddenly give...
by design | Feb 22, 2016 | The Daily Focus
Community leaders are coming together at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, February 23 at Knox County Public Defender’s Community Law Office, 1101 Liberty Street, to discuss modern day realities reflected in “A Lesson Before Dying” by Ernest J. Gaines. The public is invited...
by design | Feb 21, 2016 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Bud Armstrong— ‘The People’s Lawyer’ By Steve Hunley Less and less it seems people in public office can identify with the average person; people who go to work every day, work hard to put food on the table, buy braces for their kids and understand...
by design | Feb 21, 2016 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The Gibbs and Hardin Valley communities had reason to celebrate Friday as they each took one step closer to the construction of their new middle schools. As groundbreaking was about to take place Friday morning at the site...
by design | Feb 21, 2016 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The former Knoxville Utilities Board Building on Gay Street, empty for about 16 years, may get a new owner and tenant thanks to action by the Knox County Commission and the Knoxville City Council Tuesday. The Tombras Group,...
by design | Feb 21, 2016 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio had just lost his second bid for the Republican presidential nomination at the Philadelphia convention in 1948. Worse still, Taft had lost to his bitter rival, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey. The two men didn’t...
by design | Feb 21, 2016 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay Hardin Valley Academy’s boys basketball team saw its season come to an abrupt end Thursday night. The fourth-seeded Hawks dropped a 77-58 decision to Heritage in the District 4-AAAA Quarterfinals at West High School. It was a tough loss for Hardin Valley in...
