by Ray Hill | Feb 9, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Congressman Estes Kefauver had seriously contemplated challenging Senator Kenneth D. McKellar in 1946. After exploring the possibility of running against McKellar, Kefauver decided the seventy-seven year old incumbent was still too strong to beat. ...
by design | Feb 9, 2014 | Archives
By Steve Williams Football and soccer players made up a large majority of the student-athletes who inked letters of intent on National Signing Day (Feb. 5) at high schools in The Knoxville Focus’ coverage area last week. Of the 70 signees that were reported by...
by design | Feb 9, 2014 | Archives
By Ken Lay By week’s end Knox County will have a new middle school girls basketball champion. Farragut Middle School assured that when it outlasted defending Knox County Middle School Champion Northwest 30-24 Thursday afternoon in the first round of the James A. Ivey,...
by design | Feb 7, 2014 | Knoxville, The Daily Focus
NON-PROFIT WUTK-FM IS FIRST PARTNER A very popular locally owned restaurant, The Tomato Head, is kicking off its first-ever charitable giving campaign for non-profits during the month of February. Dubbed Loving Spoonful, this month’s non-profit is WUTK-FM...
by design | Feb 7, 2014 | Knoxville, The Daily Focus
Mayor Madeline Rogero and her staff at a Friday budget retreat with City Council outlined “tough decisions” due to steep fixed-cost increases for the 2014-15 fiscal year. City officials detailed the City’s most recent accomplishments and proposed some strategic...
by design | Feb 6, 2014 | Knoxville, The Daily Focus
Printing and Labeling Company to Invest $43 Million, Create 231 New Jobs NASHVILLE—Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam and Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bill Hagerty along with WS Packaging Group, Inc. officials today announced the company will...
by design | Feb 3, 2014 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson It’s late afternoon as I begin this essay with snow falling and the world quiet. Snow absorbs sound and causes people to slow down as winter dampens the world with its whiteness. Becky loves snow, and so do I, especially with a cozy fire, good...
by Mike Steely | Feb 3, 2014 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely If you’ve ever been to the Arlington National Cemetery, located just across the river from our nation’s capital, I’ll bet you didn’t know the history of the large white mansion on top of the hill. It overlooks downtown Washington and is almost...
by design | Feb 3, 2014 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore The nicest thing about the future is that it always starts tomorrow. Money will buy a fine dog, but only kindness will make him wag his tail. If you don’t have a sense of humor, you probably don’t have any sense. Seat belts are not as confining as...
by Joe Rector | Feb 3, 2014 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector joerector@comcast.net Something about family warms our hearts, even though all of us have plenty of ghosts in our closets. Those relatives bring more happiness than sadness, more good memories than bad dreams. I’ve been thinking of three uncles, my...
