by Ray Hill | Jun 22, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Henry Horton had won reelection as governor in 1930, but within days the landscape of Tennessee politics was forever altered. Both Horton and his closest political adviser , Luke Lea, were made politically impotent when Caldwell and Company, one of the...
by design | Jun 22, 2014 | Archives
By Steve Williams Brody Rollins has been a three-sport athlete at South-Doyle throughout his high school career, but with just one year to go and having a goal of earning a college football scholarship, he admitted last week he had thought of cutting back and focusing...
by design | Jun 22, 2014 | Archives
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Jamie Smith is surrounded by family in his Gold Smiths store at 7811 Oak Ridge Highway in Karns. His dad and mom, Mickey and Faye, help out in the store as does his sister Mellissa. Jamie’s wife, Jacqueline, says she lends moral...
by design | Jun 22, 2014 | Archives
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com It’s one of those places that is a favorite of local people. About 70% of those who cometo the restaurant are repeat customers who come for the food and the friendship they find there among the Kitts family. Joyce Kitts sort of...
by design | Jun 16, 2014 | Public Notice
WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated November 3, 2009, executed by JOHN CISNEROS AND NORMA MIREYA CISNEROS, conveying certain real property therein described to CHICAGO TITLE INSURANCE...
by design | Jun 16, 2014 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I used to like liver and onions; at least until I worked at an inner city hospital during my internal medicine training. I’ve seen some bad livers in my day, and I can no longer stomach this traditional English dish. That being said, the English...
by design | Jun 16, 2014 | Columnist, Moore
We’ve been having quite a few “pop-up” storms lately. I take “pop-up” to mean a storm can happen any time, any where, quite unbeknown to us. Never heard of that misnomer when I was growing up but, in this day and age, there are many “pop-up” phrases in our jargon. I...
by Mike Steely | Jun 16, 2014 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely If you are lucky enough to get tickets to the Great Smoky Mountain National Park’s June Synchronous Fireflies event you may find several surprises. Like most things in the Great Smoky Mountains the waiting lines are long, the expectations high, but the...
by Mark Nagi | Jun 16, 2014 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman I’m going to admit that I’m writing this article on the eve of the World Cup, so for all I know Knoxville will show complete indifference to one of the biggest sporting events in the universe… But when you look at the way that the sport has grown in...
by design | Jun 16, 2014 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher Last week The Focus reported on the Emerald Academy Charter application. At present there are 101 active public charter schools in Tennessee (k-12.state.tn.us/SDE). Many people think Charter Schools are the magic bullet that will transform our...
