by design | Apr 8, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
A point of pride for both schools By Tom Mattingly When the powers-that-be on both sides honored Bobby Dodd at Tennessee’s season-opening game against the Yellow Jackets on Sept. 4, 2017, it had to have been a point of pride for both schools. After all, Dodd was an...
by design | Apr 8, 2024 | Columnist, Major
The changing University of Tennessee By Ralphine Major I felt like a stranger in a foreign land. How could a place that was once so familiar to me during my college days and afterwards look drastically different now? A recent drive down Cumberland Avenue on The...
by design | Apr 8, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
Parents have phone responsibilities By Joe Rector Don’t get me wrong; I have no love whatsoever for Florida Governor Ron Desantis. However, I like his ideas on social media: no person under 14 may create a social media account. His idea would further require parental...
by design | Apr 8, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Fantasy player doesn’t let blindness put him ‘out’ By Steve Williams Fantasy sports had yet to enter the internet world when Greg Speck graduated from high school in 1986. Little did he know then how much this activity would mean to him in the years to come and still...
by design | Apr 8, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson
Observations I hate writing. I love having written. Dorothy Parker By Dr. Jim Ferguson As my readers know, I have retired from my medical practice after 50 years, and now consider myself in my second career as a writer. I finally retired my medical license because it...
by design | Apr 8, 2024 | Black, Columnist
Our Gutless Politicians By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com I am at a loss as to why there is virtually no pushback from Republican legislators on Biden’s quest to electrify the planet. Thus far only John Kennedy of Louisiana has...
by design | Apr 8, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
A Better Way By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com The following is a column I wrote for the July 2006 edition of Chronicles Magazine. The dollar figures are much higher now, but the views expressed are even more applicable today. On April 14, the...
by design | Apr 8, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Trial for Commission Protesters in 2021 reset for May 17 By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The trial of four protesters charged with disputing a Knox County Commission meeting in April 2021 was originally set to begin today, April 8, but is now...
by design | Apr 7, 2024 | The Daily Focus
IN THE CHANCERY COURT FOR KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEE STYLE OF SUITS INVOLVING KNOX COUNTY AND CITY OF KNOXVILLE DELINQUENT TAXES STATE OF TENNESSEE, for the use and benefit of the COUNTY OF KNOX TENNESSEE, PLAINTIFF No. 206416-3 DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS (And Consolidated...
by design | Apr 7, 2024 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Farragut alderman to switch vote to favor growth plan By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Farragut Town Hall’s special called meeting on Wednesday proved to be an evening of disagreement and surprise. The session was called to hear the objections of the...
