by Steve Williams | Mar 30, 2015 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams It’s not unusual for two people to have the same name, but it is really interesting when that name is Joshua Dobbs. If you’re a University of Tennessee football fan, I know you know who Joshua Dobbs is. But the Vols’ starting quarterback is not the...
by Mark Nagi | Mar 30, 2015 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman Recently the only constant in coaching a revenue sport at the University of Tennessee, has been change. Since 2008 Phillip Fulmer, Lane Kiffin, Derek Dooley, and Butch Jones have been the football coaches. Bruce Pearl, Cuonzo Martin and Donnie Tyndall...
by Ralphine Major | Mar 30, 2015 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major She already fills many roles in her daily life—Christian, wife, mother of two, and hairdresser. Now, she has added a new title after her name: published author. Kat Chandler was born in Austin, Texas. Her family moved to East Tennessee when...
by design | Mar 30, 2015 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore A dear friend of mine passed away a few days ago. He was not a “boyfriend” but he was a boy and a friend. He was seven years older than me and had a car. I was around fourteen when I met him at church. He would pick me up and bring me home again after...
by design | Mar 30, 2015 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I’ve been thinking about swimming lately. Not because I like to swim because I don’t. Swimming for me is not the fluid or powerful strokes of an Olympian, but struggling to avoid drowning. I remember my mother taking a station wagon load of...
by design | Mar 30, 2015 | Public Notice
75 FORECLOSURES NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE STATE OF TENNESSEE, KNOX COUNTY WHEREAS, Pamela K. Taylor executed a Deed of Trust to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for SunTrust Mortgage, Inc., Lender and Larry A. Weissman, Trustee(s), which was...
by design | Mar 29, 2015 | Archived Editions, Archives
Rogero Kicks Off Political Season By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero kicked off the political season as she announced her intention to run for re-election Tuesday. Rogero, the first female to be elected as mayor of a larger city in...
by Steve Hunley | Mar 29, 2015 | Archives, Columnist, Hunley
By Steve Hunley I’ve always said people think the best tax is one somebody else pays while they derive the benefit. One could use the same logic with several school systems announcing they are filing suit against Governor Bill Haslam, Lieutenant Governor Ron Ramsey,...
by design | Mar 29, 2015 | Archives
Commissioners Bob Thomas and Jeff Ownby and Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett surprised The Love Kitchen’s founders, twin sisters Helen Ashe and Ellen Turner, with a donation drop-off during their birthday party on Thursday, March 26. The sisters turned 87 on March 8....
by Ray Hill | Mar 29, 2015 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Few subjects excite as much commentary as politics and sports and Albert B. Chandler played a big role in both for decades. Serving as governor, United States senator and Commissioner of Baseball, “Happy” Chandler was an institution. Like most who stayed...
