by design | Apr 15, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
The Better Parts of School By Joe Rector I am lucky to have grown up when I did. A member of the Baby Boomer generation, I spent my youth worry-free. The most important things involved having fun and just being a boy in the country community of Ball Camp. Even school,...
by design | Apr 15, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson
And the Lord God formed a man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and he became a living soul. Genesis 2:7 By Dr. Jim Ferguson It finally looks like winter is done, March Madness is over, the eclipse hoopla has subsided and...
by design | Apr 15, 2024 | Black, Columnist
Happy Tax Day By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com I have long advocated for no mandatory withholding. Withholding should be optional. If people opted to pay all their federal income taxes on April 15 there would be a lot more pressure...
by design | Apr 15, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
A Beautiful Wedding And A Wonderful Concert By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Weekend before last, Vickie and I had the privilege to attend a beautiful wedding on Friday night and a wonderful Knoxville Symphony Orchestra concert on Saturday night. I have had...
by design | Apr 15, 2024 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
TSSAA honors McCarter, Wright McCarter earned his stripes and now helps train others By Steve Williams Jerry McCarter, who was inducted into the TSSAA Hall of Fame last week in Murfreesboro, began his career in sports officiating in 1968. He spent the first 32 years...
by design | Apr 15, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Knoxvillian Elizabeth Herndon breaks four-year streak as runner-up to finish first in women’s half marathon at 20th Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon More than 6,100 participants crossed the finish line of the 2024 Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon in World’s...
by design | Apr 15, 2024 | Public Notice
ORDER OF PUBLICATION IN THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF TENNESSEE CHANCERY DIVISION AT CLINTON, TENNESSEE Case No. 24CH5841 Jaiden Mason Whereabouts Unknown Last Known Address: Unknown Ralph & Stephanie McMahan Petitioners v....
by design | Apr 14, 2024 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Karns Fire Department explains rising costs By Joe Rector Businesses and homeowners in the Karns Fire Department coverage area were surprised this year by the increase in the cost of a yearly subscription. An approximate 14% increase was added, and subscribers wanted...
by design | Apr 14, 2024 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Kennedy Grills Mayorkas Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana last week faced Home Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Kennedy said to Mayorkas’ face what most everybody has known; that the Biden administration has left the border...
by design | Apr 14, 2024 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Veterans Park will overlook Volunteer Cemetery By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Legacy Parks is moving ahead with a park to remember East Tennessee military veterans on a bluff overlooking the East Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery. The East...
