by design | Dec 11, 2013 | From the publisher's desk, The Daily Focus
By Steve Hunley Despite assurances by Superintendent Jim McIntyre and every member of the Knox County Board of Education that they are “listening,” they steamrollered teachers and others who felt it was inappropriate to extend McIntyre’s contract for yet...
by design | Dec 10, 2013 | News, sports, The Daily Focus
After throwing a wildly successful 5k to support Food for Kids for the same minds have come together to throw a 5k with a Christmas twist: The Ugly Christmas Sweater 5k. In July 156 Runners packed into Bearden Beer Market for the summer’s “Will Run...
by design | Dec 10, 2013 | Knoxville, sports, The Daily Focus
KNOXVILLE – Four Tennessee football players were named to the Associated Press All-SEC Team Monday. Junior linebacker A.J. Johnson was named to the First Team while offensive linemen Ja’Wuan James and Antonio Richardson earned second team...
by design | Dec 10, 2013 | Knoxville, The Daily Focus
East Tennessee Children’s Hospital will be giving away free bicycle helmets on Saturday, December 14 from noon until 2 p.m. at Kohl’s, 220 Morrell Road, Knoxville. Children will also be given safety information and participants will be taught how to properly fit a...
by design | Dec 9, 2013 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I’ve observed that as I get older I like change less. I’m not the first person to make this observation, but the pace of change is like no other in my lifetime. For the first twenty-five years of my life I didn’t pay a lot of attention to...
by Steve Williams | Dec 9, 2013 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Tennessee’s football team has finished 5-7 three seasons in a row now, but there’s a world of difference in this year’s record compared to the other two. A difference that can easily be seen just by looking at the Vols’ last three games against...
by Mike Steely | Dec 9, 2013 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely Niota, Tennessee, is one of those places that isn’t on an interstate, although it’s just a few miles east of I-75 between Sweetwater and Athens. It’s one of those places with one stop light and the old downtown is actually almost empty and a couple...
by Ralphine Major | Dec 9, 2013 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major “ . . . rejoice, and sing praise.” (Psalm 98:4 KJV) “It was impressive,” Bob Dagley said. He could have been talking about the amazing Gibbs High School basketball team he coached fifty years ago. But this time, he was talking about Ronald Rogers...
by Joe Rector | Dec 9, 2013 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector After running my mouth hundreds of time during my life, I’m ready to accept that uttering “never means never” is just deluding myself. Over and over again, life and the situations that arise demand changes in what we do or the way we do them. Some of the...
by design | Dec 9, 2013 | Columnist
By Sharon Frankenberg, Attorney at Law After counting our many blessings over the Thanksgiving holidays, most of us feel motivated to share our good fortune with others. This is especially true over the next few weeks of the Christmas holiday season. There are...
