by design | Apr 15, 2014 | Knoxville, The Daily Focus
Waste Connections, the City of Knoxville’s household garbage and recycling collector, will be open during its normal business hours on Friday, April 18. The collection for residential garbage and curbside recycling will run on a normal operating schedule...
by Ralphine Major | Apr 14, 2014 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major It is designed to “move the truths of God’s word from the Heart of Heaven to the hearts of humans.” Mike Boyd’s “Principles of Preaching” was written primarily for those training to become pastors. But, it is a handy resource for teachers, as...
by design | Apr 14, 2014 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore The wild sweet rain of April spills On golden-throated daffodils On garden walls and new green bough On earth fresh-turned before the plough. It scrubs the pansy’s small shy face And shines each blade of grass in place to leave the springtime world...
by design | Apr 14, 2014 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Do you remember the days of HMOs? Back in the 1990s health maintenance organizations were ballyhooed as the way to reduce medical costs. Basically, this was accomplished by limiting medical services. The justification for restricting care was to...
by Mark Nagi | Apr 14, 2014 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman It’s one of those old sports adages… “Act like you’ve been there before.” It’s what we’d like football players to do after scoring a touchdown. Instead of putting on a show, hand the football to the official and celebrate with the teammates that helped...
by Steve Williams | Apr 14, 2014 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams There seemed to be more laughter than sadness when family, friends and fans of Bobby Denton reacted to the passing of the popular and longtime University of Tennessee football public address announcer last week. From the many stories I’ve read and...
by Steve Hunley | Apr 14, 2014 | Columnist, Hunley
By Steve Hunley All of a sudden, School Superintendent Jim McIntyre is interested in giving the teachers a pay raise. During his almost six years as superintendent, McIntyre hasn’t shown much concern or interest in educators, but recently he’s come under fire from...
by design | Apr 14, 2014 | Public Notice
Volunteers Portable Moving and Storage, hereby publishes notice, as required by Tennessee Self-Service Storage Facility Act (TN Stat. 66-31-101- 66-31-107) of a public sale of the property listed below to satisfy a landlords lien. All sales are for cash to the highest...
by design | Apr 13, 2014 | Archived Editions, Archives
Click here to view this week’s Focus online. Sheriff JJ Jones running on experience and accomplishments By David Klein Running on his experience, Knox County Sherriff Jimmy “J.J.” Jones said he was proud of his accomplishments over the last four years. Jones was...
by design | Apr 13, 2014 | Archives, FOCUS Weekly Poll
By Focus Staff This week’s Knoxville Focus poll posed the question, “Do you support Governor Haslam’s proposal to create a school voucher program for students who attend a failing school?” Almost 57% of likely voters responded “yes.” Just over 43% said they did not....
