by Joe Rector | Aug 24, 2015 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Attending college is an expensive venture for young people these days. My two children made it through before the prices skyrocketed; the cash we forked out was still close to a king’s ransom, but nothing like what students face today. Somehow we managed...
by design | Aug 24, 2015 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore I love all kinds of music. A little bit of opera, jazz, country, classical, you name it, I love it. A man named William Congreve once wrote, “heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scored. Music has charm to sooth a...
by Ralphine Major | Aug 24, 2015 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com Mr. C. B. Chesney was the Principal at Karns High School where Bob Dagley graduated. I recognized the name. Chesney was a member of the Gibbs High School basketball team that won the Knox County Rural League Championship in...
by Steve Williams | Aug 24, 2015 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams My advice to Tennessee fans heading into the 2015 football season would be to enter with cautious optimism. I say that after reviewing the past six rebuilding seasons. The Vols’ combined won-loss record over that stretch was 35-40, and that included...
by design | Aug 24, 2015 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson We Tennesseans live in what is called a red state. You might find it interesting that the current color convention for politics was made popular by Tim Russet during the 2000 election cycle, and is obviously useful for television. Actually, blue...
by design | Aug 24, 2015 | Public Notice
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE Sale at public auction will be on September 21, 2015 on or about 11:00AM local time, at the North door, Knox County Courthouse, Knoxville, Tennessee, conducted by the Substitute Trustee as identified and set forth herein below, pursuant to...
by design | Aug 23, 2015 | Archived Editions, Archives
Farragut Hotel gets OK By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The multimillion-dollar renovation of the historic Farragut Hotel at 530 Gay Street got a go-ahead vote from Knoxville City Council Tuesday night with only one councilman objecting. The project, by Rick...
by design | Aug 23, 2015 | Archives
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The process took two hours of public hearing but when the dust settled and the Farragut Municipal Planning Commission voted Thursday night, the body did not recommend the development of 22 acres for a 220-unit apartment complex....
by design | Aug 23, 2015 | Archives
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com My wife and I awoke one morning to find a small white kitten crying near the fence in our back yard. We have an older house cat that will not abide any other animal in the house and even when we put the kitten in a pet carrier and...
by Ray Hill | Aug 23, 2015 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Senator Luke Lea had lost his reelection bid in November of 1915, running third behind Congressman Kenneth D. McKellar and former governor Malcolm Patterson. Lea’s defeat occurred for a variety of reasons, not the least of which was his affiliation with...
