by Ray Hill | May 17, 2015 | Archives, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill For decades Tennessee was a one-party state, dominated by the Democrats. The exceptions were the First and Second Congressional districts in East Tennessee. Despite being the minority party, Republicans were perfectly capable of fighting amongst themselves...
by design | May 17, 2015 | Archives
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfcous.com On Sunday, May 17, people interested in preserving the Howard Home at 2921 Broadway met at 4 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of the Central United Methodist Church at 210 East Third Street. The historic home is said to be the possible...
by design | May 17, 2015 | Archives
By Ken Lay A long voyage for the Hardin Valley Academy softball team resulted in a trip to Murfreesboro. The Lady Hawks punched their ticket to the Class AAA State Tournament with an 8-3 victory at home Friday night. HVA will make its first trip to the Midstate this...
by design | May 14, 2015 | News, The Daily Focus
Live Demos and Biscuit Baking Competitions Live Under the Big Tent in Downtown Knoxville Do you love watching cooking competitions? Well we’ve got you covered live under the big tent on Biscuit Boulevard at the 6th annual International Biscuit Festival in...
by design | May 11, 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 February 13, 2008, executed by CHERI R. WYRICK AND JAMES W. WYRICK, conveying certain...
by Ralphine Major | May 11, 2015 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major It was around lunchtime one Saturday at a Chick-fil-A Restaurant when we first saw them. They had attended an Upward Basketball program at nearby Wallace Memorial Baptist Church. Full of energy and full of life, they were a young family with...
by design | May 11, 2015 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore I am sending along to my readers some thoughts written by a dear friend that I bowled with for many years. I’m sure there are many bowlers who will remember Eddie Ward, who wrote this. He passed away before I could send this to The Focus so I’m taking...
by design | May 11, 2015 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson “Let’s get”…political. Things are a mess and no rational person can deny it. Some people tell me I’m a fool to speak out against what’s happening in our country, since doing so will anger the illiberal crowd. “Liberalism” professes to welcome...
by Mark Nagi | May 11, 2015 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman The argument for football fans has raged for years, and will continue to do so long after you and I have departed this beautiful life… Who is the better quarterback? Peyton Manning or Tom Brady? The fun part about these discussions is that beauty is in...
by Joe Rector | May 11, 2015 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector The lightning streaked across the sky, thunder roared, and in an instant, the power went out. It flickered a couple of times in feeble attempts to come back on, but not until sometime later in the night was the power restored to our house and community....
