by Ralphine Major | Oct 6, 2014 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major She arrived a few days ago, but Mother Nature has not yet presented her in full splendor. Just before she came, East Tennesseans celebrated the start of another school year and the Tennessee Valley Fair with cotton candy, crafts, candied apples,...
by design | Oct 6, 2014 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson “Tell them we gave our todays for their tomorrows.” You may be surprised to learn that my favorite big city is Washington D.C. This statement usually raises some eyebrows. None the less, our national Capital is an architecturally beautiful city,...
by Steve Williams | Oct 6, 2014 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams My earliest memories of attending a University of Tennessee football game are from the era when Neyland Stadium was shaped like a horseshoe, with only bleachers in its open north end. If I remember correctly, a kid like myself, in the early 1960s,...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Oct 6, 2014 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Sharon Frankenberg, Attorney at Law Amendment 1 is a proposed change to the Constitution of Tennessee to add the following language to Article I: “Nothing in this Constitution secures or protects a right to abortion or requires the funding of an abortion. The...
by design | Oct 6, 2014 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher Led by newly instated BOE members, the Knox County Board of Education members hit the pause button on the approval of a $781,920 “International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (IB MYP) proposed for Bearden Middle and West High schools. The board...
by design | Oct 6, 2014 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher After being unable to break a 4-4 tie between Mike McMillan and Doug Harris in September, the Knox County School Board’s first order of business at last Wednesday’s Regular BOE meeting was to elect a Chairman and Vice-Chairman. Patti...
by design | Oct 5, 2014 | Archived Editions, Archives
Commissioners respond to PPU Audit By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The internal audit report on the school system’s use of Physical Plan Upgrade funds was released last week to the Audit Committee and County Commission. The audit found some questionable, but not...
by Steve Hunley | Oct 5, 2014 | Archives, Hunley
By Steve Hunley Mike McMillan, in spite of repeated attacks from the Knoxville News Sentinel, Chamber of Commerce types and the establishment, is the new Chairman of the Knox County Board of Education. The new members of the board, John Fugate, Terry Hill, Patti Lou...
by design | Oct 5, 2014 | Archives
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Knoxville neighborhoods participate in national event Tomorrow the Inskip area joins many other Knox County neighborhoods to celebrate Knoxville’s Night Out. The community will meet and greet its neighbors at the Inskip Baptist...
by Ray Hill | Oct 5, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
‘By Ray Hill If Nicholas Longworth is remembered at all today, it’s usually because of his marriage to Alice Roosevelt, the tart-tongued daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt. Alice Roosevelt was anything but conventional and while their marriage started out...
