by Steve Williams | Feb 15, 2016 | Columnist, Williams
Football owed him one. The celebration he was wrongfully denied when his name wasn’t called as the winner of the Heisman Trophy in 1997 was replaced with an unexpected championship in Super Bowl 50. After 19 years, justice has been served for Peyton Manning. He can...
by Mark Nagi | Feb 15, 2016 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman As of press time, Peyton Manning had yet to make a decision as far as retirement. But it is hard to imagine that “The Sheriff” won’t ride off into the sunset now… Denver’s 24-10 dismantling of Carolina in Super Bowl 50 wasn’t Manning’s best...
by design | Feb 15, 2016 | Public Notice
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE Sale at public auction will be on March 31, 2016 on or about 10:00AM local time, at the North Side Entrance, City County Building, 400 Main Street, Knoxville, TN 37902, conducted by the Substitute Trustee as identified and set...
by design | Feb 14, 2016 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
McMillan Questions State Officials Over Failed Test By Focus Staff Mike McMillan, East Knox County’s member of the Knox County Board of Education, has queried state officials about the failed TN-Ready testing. State education officials had to advise superintendents...
by Steve Hunley | Feb 14, 2016 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley The Knoxville News Sentinel has dutifully endorsed Grant Standefer (2nd District) and Rueben “Buddy” Pelot (5th District) for the Knox County Board of Education. They have also endorsed Law Director Richard “Bud” Armstrong’s opponent in the coming...
by design | Feb 14, 2016 | Absher, Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Sally Absher Anyone who has ever done so knows that running for elected office can be stressful and demanding. We applaud all the candidates who have stepped up to run in the Knox County primary election March 1. Currently seen as the Fifth District...
by Ray Hill | Feb 14, 2016 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill There are likely more pedigrees in politics than the American Kennel Club and if anyone ever possessed a pedigree, it would be Robert Alphonso Taft of Ohio. For decades, Robert A. Taft was one of the most prominent members of the United States Senate. ...
by design | Feb 14, 2016 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay When Brent Richey signed a National Letter of Intent to play baseball at Chattanooga State Community College, he became the first student-athlete from Knoxville Christian School to receive an athletic scholarship. “This is just absolutely amazing,” said...
by design | Feb 14, 2016 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
(This is the fourth and final part of a series on Terence Scott, former Central High football standout who went on to star at the University of Oregon in 2008. Scott crossed many hurdles growing up in Knoxville, and then chased his dream to play Division 1 football....
by design | Feb 14, 2016 | The Daily Focus
By Lamar Alexander United States Senator for Tennessee There has never been a more exciting time in biomedical research in America than right now. We are talking about curing cancers, new medicines for diseases like cystic fibrosis, using 3D printing to...
