by design | Jan 29, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson
One and done By Dr. Jim Ferguson Well, it’s finally gone. In a recent essay, I wrote that Becky and I like snow. And we do, but not the stuff that seemingly lasts forever. I enjoy winter weather through the Christmas holidays, a crackling fire, and Christmas music....
by design | Jan 29, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
Two Men By Joe Rector I know an older man who has been around the area for a long time. He grew up in the Ball Camp community and went to the elementary school when it was grades 1-8. Like all the boys he grew up with, he played baseball, basketball and football,...
by design | Jan 29, 2024 | Black, Columnist
Fake meat and regime change By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com I am a deer hunter and since 1971 I have not eaten any red meat except venison. I have no explanation except that since I can hunt and take enough game to last from the...
by design | Jan 29, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
Terrible Tragedies Continue In Unjust War By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com The CBS national newscast on Jan. 20 showed the terrible anguish of a father holding a photograph of a little girl who had been killed a few days short of her first birthday by an...
by design | Jan 29, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Rule changes approved by commission By Mike Steely The Knox County Commission met at 2 p.m. Friday in a catch-up session to cover the meetings canceled during the snow storm. During the brief session, the commissioners voted to approve several rule changes including...
by design | Jan 29, 2024 | Public Notice
NOTICE OF INTENT TO FILE SUIT TO DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS OF KNOX COUNTY Knox County Chancery Court lawsuits are now being prepared by the Delinquent Tax Attorney for collection of all delinquent 2022 Knox County Taxes. The Knox County Chancery Court...
by design | Jan 28, 2024 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The Life and Legacy of Mike McMillan By Ray Hill The late Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill once said, “All politics is local.” Truer words have never been spoken. Local government officials are frequently maligned, unappreciated, and sometimes subjected to downright rude...
by design | Jan 28, 2024 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley My Friend Mike McMillan Passes Away Mike McMillan departed this world last week and I have say he was the best school board member our community ever had. I say that having been a school board member myself. Mike was a modest...
by design | Jan 28, 2024 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
KCS celebrates 865 Academies expansion By Ken Leinart It’s what happens when good ideas come to fruition. Friday morning, January 26, the last six high schools of the 14 traditional high schools in the Knox County School System unveiled their 865 Academies courses...
by design | Jan 28, 2024 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Mr. Revercomb of West Virginia By Ray Hill Stephen Jones of Oklahoma was a personal friend and the biographer of Senator Chapman Revercomb of West Virginia. As Mr. Jones wrote, Revercomb, especially in his second term, looked as if he were made to wear the senatorial...
