by design | Jan 15, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson
Gloves Are Off By Dr. Jim Ferguson If the election were held tomorrow, Biden would still get millions of votes. Why? Because we have incompetent citizens. Bill O’Reilly I doubt that O’Reilly is referring to readers of The Knoxville Focus, but he may...
by design | Jan 15, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
Can we survive another election cycle? By Joe Rector For most of us, the Christmas lights and trees are stowed away until next year. I imagine those who might have celebrated too much are now over any hangovers. Students returned to school on Thursday for the second...
by design | Jan 15, 2024 | Columnist, Nagi
Saban Steps Aside, Tennessee Rejoices By Mark Nagi Last week it was announced that Nick Saban was retiring and would no longer be the head football coach at Alabama. With that, church bells rang out from Athens to Gainesville, Oxford to Starkville, Columbia (take your...
by design | Jan 15, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
468 pages cover-to-cover By Tom Mattingly The “2023 University of Tennessee Record Book,” another in a line of documents once historically referenced as a “Football Media Guide” or a “Football Brochure,” covers 468 pages and offers answers to nearly any question the...
by design | Jan 15, 2024 | Public Notice
NON-RESIDENT NOTICE TO: JAMES WAYNE HUNTER IN RE: WILSON & ASSOCIATES, PLLC, ATTORNEY IN FACT V. JENNIFER HAWKINS AND JAMES WAYNE HUNTER 206747-1 IN THE CHANCERY COURT FOR KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEE In this cause, it appearing from...
by design | Jan 14, 2024 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Advance Knox growth plan passes committee By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Almost 80,000 new Knox County residents are expected over the next 20 years. The need for new housing, the development of farmland for housing, and how and where those changes...
by design | Jan 14, 2024 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Idiotnomics We’ve all heard about the wizardry of “Bidenomics” and the dunderheads in Washington are all wondering why folks aren’t dancing in the streets for joy. Apparently, the dunderheads all employ illegal aliens to do their...
by design | Jan 14, 2024 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Catching Up With Vice Mayor Tommy Smith By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com First District Councilman Tommy Smith was selected by his fellow council members in the reorganization meeting recently to become the new vice mayor. After being appointed to...
by design | Jan 14, 2024 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
John Sparkman of Alabama By Ray Hill For forty-two years, John Sparkman served the people of Alabama in either the U.S. House of Representatives or the United States Senate. An enthusiastic advocate for the Tennessee Valley Authority, Sparkman was considered a...
by design | Jan 14, 2024 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Murphey has sights set on fourth state crown By Steve Williams Ella Murphey is on the homestretch of reaching a four-year goal she set as a freshman wrestler at Hardin Valley Academy in 2020-21. That goal was to match what Kenya Sloan had accomplished in girls...
