by Ray Hill | Oct 20, 2013 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill The name Gore conjures in Tennessee thoughts of former Vice President Albert Gore, Jr., but his father was a very successful politician in an age when it was a more respectable profession and the rough and tumble of Tennessee politics was hard fought....
by design | Oct 20, 2013 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
The Central High School Foundation and the CHS Alumni Association are proud to honor three distinguished alumni as additions to the Central “Wall of Fame.” This year’s honorees are: Charles “C.E.” Harris, Class of 1935 (d. 2005); Sylvia Blankenship Williams, Class of...
by design | Oct 20, 2013 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay A bruised and battered Catholic High School football team overcame injuries and turnovers to nab a 35-2 District 4-AA victory against Scott Friday night before a packed house at Blaine Stadium. It took the Irish just three plays to score a touchdown and set...
by design | Oct 16, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is opening up tomorrow. Come and hike with us! Let’s show solidarity with our park employees and park partners, Great Smoky Mountains Association (GSMA) and Friends of the Smokies (FOTS), and hike in the park now that it has...
by design | Oct 14, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
From the office of Senator Bob Corker: In an interview Monday about ongoing budget and debt discussions on Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom,” Senator Corker said Democrat efforts to increase spending levels beyond the budget caps put in...
by design | Oct 14, 2013 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson October in Knoxville is wonderful– or as they say in Italian, “bellissimo.” About the time you get sick of one season, another comes along. I went out the other day and I felt it. The cooler, dryer weather made me know “Fall is in the...
by Mark Nagi | Oct 14, 2013 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman There are few athletes from East Tennessee that have accomplished as much in their professional careers as Tyson Clabo, a 2000 graduate of Farragut High School. But because his trade is a rather anonymous one, on the offensive line in the National...
by Steve Williams | Oct 14, 2013 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams It’s halftime of the 2013 University of Tennessee football season and the Vols are 3-3. That’s no big surprise. But UT easily could be 5-1 right now and 2-0 in Southeastern Conference. On the other hand, they could be 2-4 overall. Let’s look back....
by Mike Steely | Oct 14, 2013 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely Seems Jimmy Carter can’t get much respect, doesn’t it? Although the peanut farmer and nuclear scientist from Georgia is one of the presidents of our nation to get a street named for him in our fair city, the street is only a couple of blocks long and,...
by Joe Rector | Oct 14, 2013 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Okay, let’s try to sort things out. The House of Representatives Republicans don’t like Obamacare. They want to defund it, delay it, or do anything else to stop its implementation. So, they refuse to fund the budget with a continuing resolution unless...
