by design | Feb 27, 2024 | The Daily Focus
March 5, 2024 Presidential Preference/Knox County Primary NEW ELECTION DAY POLLING PLACES Voters in eight precincts will have a NEW Election Day polling place. They are: PRECINCT 12 – YWCA, 124 S. Cruze Street, Knoxville, 37914 (This replaces the Boys and Girls Club,...
by design | Feb 26, 2024 | Black, Columnist
Donald Trump is Herbert Hoover By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Donald Trump has this penchant for calling his opponents names. Although this is not presidential, there was scant little about Trump that is “presidential.” Democrats are...
by design | Feb 26, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
U.S. Senate Votes To Send More Billions Down Ukrainian Rathole By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com The U.S. Senate passed a major foreign aid bill recently by a vote of 70-29. This bill will require spending $95.3 billion that we do not have. We have a...
by design | Feb 26, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson
President’s Daze President Trump secured the border without a border deal. Senator Tim Scott By Dr. Jim Ferguson There’s not much to commend about February, except that it’s short. However, this is Leap Year, and we must endure an additional day of this drab month to...
by design | Feb 26, 2024 | Columnist, Major
The Gift of Time By Ralphine Major There never seems to be enough of it. Time. I have often thought that time plays tricks on our minds. One minute it seems like there is a world of time before the start of something; the next minute it has all but disappeared! We are...
by design | Feb 26, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
A Downed Tree Sparks Memories By Joe Rector Well, it took 9 ½ inches of snow, several inches of rain, and the runoff from the upper yard to do it, but the old pine tree at the end of the woods finally came crashing down. It occurred at about 9:30 p.m. Amy came into...
by design | Feb 26, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘He could take his and beat yours or take yours and beat his’ By Tom Mattingly As Tennessee fans, we sit in a stadium each fall named in his honor and memory. We drive on a four-lane road near that stadium named after him. A great many students have...
by design | Feb 26, 2024 | The Daily Focus
ArtXtravaganza Art Show & Sale, March 1-3, Showcases Unique Talents of 65 Professional Artists Whether you’re looking for that ideal piece for your home, the perfect gift for that special someone or to simply explore the superb array of fine art offered, don’t...
by design | Feb 26, 2024 | Public Notice
NON-RESIDENT NOTICE TO: JOHN DOE IN RE: AIDEN ASHLEY WINDHAM, DOB: SEPTEMBER 26, 2010 BY: BRANDON ROBERT STOOKSBURY AND ALANNA GAIL WINDHAM, PETITIONERS, V. JOHN DOE, WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN, RESPONDENT. 207919-3 IN THE CHANCERY COURT FOR KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEE In...
by design | Feb 25, 2024 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Senator Blackburn to speak at Knox GOP Lincoln Day Dinner By Jamie Schnell schnellj@knoxfocus.com William “Buddy” Burkhardt, the chairman of the Knox County Republican Party, has announced the annual Lincoln Day Dinner is scheduled for Friday, March 8 at Rothchild’s...
