by Ray Hill | Aug 9, 2015 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill The pages of Tennessee’s history is littered with colorful characters, but the life of Luke Lea is one right out of a novel; handsome, urbane, highly intelligent and successful, Lea climbed to the heights of financial and political accomplishment. ...
by design | Aug 9, 2015 | Archives
By Mike Steely steelym@Knoxfocus.com It has taken a while for the Lindbergh Forest neighborhood to get organized, but, now under new officers they are ready to kick-start their efforts and revitalize their territory. “It’s been several years,” the new President of...
by design | Aug 9, 2015 | Archives
By Steve Williams Over the years, the Knoxville high school football jamboree has been called “a glorified scrimmage” by some and a “dress rehearsal” by others. For many years, it was played at Neyland Stadium on the University of Tennessee campus – a once in a...
by design | Aug 3, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher Emerald Academy Begins Week Two While most Knox County School students begin their final week of summer vacation today, 126 kindergarten and first grade students at Emerald Academy are beginning the second week of school. Knoxville’s charter school...
by design | Aug 3, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher On July 29, Knox County Schools issued a press release pertaining to the district academic achievement results for the 2014-15 school year reported by the Tennessee Department of Education. The data includes aggregate grade 3-8 scores on the Tennessee...
by Ralphine Major | Aug 3, 2015 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major “And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth....
by Joe Rector | Aug 3, 2015 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector This world doesn’t look too familiar to some of us older folks. From music to technology, the dramatic changes leave us puzzled and asking, “Huh?” Even relationships between boys and girls are different. In another century, teens who liked each other...
by design | Aug 3, 2015 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Sometimes it’s good to get out of your comfort zone. Travel certainly does this because so much is unpredictable, even with planning. My dad was a travel planner, a Francophile and an oenophile (your words of the week). He loved to meticulously...
by design | Aug 3, 2015 | Public Notice
foreclosure notices NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated April 27, 2007, executed by H. MICHAEL NICHOLSON AND JENNIFER H. NICHOLSON, conveying...
by design | Aug 2, 2015 | Archived Editions, Archives
Can Cell Towers Be Stopped? By Mike Steelysteelym@knoxfocus.comCan anything be done to stop a cell tower from being located in your neighborhood?Requests are constantly being made to the city and county for more and more cell phone towers as the number of smart phone...
