by design | Sep 18, 2023 | Columnist, Mattingly
Going from ‘them’ to ‘us’ By Tom Mattingly Here’s an interesting question for all the armchair historians out there. Name an opposing quarterback who helped upset Tennessee in a bowl game and later became a Vol assistant coach. The quarterback in question is Bob...
by design | Sep 18, 2023 | Columnist, Ferguson
What do you think? Recognition of the Supreme Being is the first, the most basic expression of Americanism. Without God, there could be no American form of government, nor American way of life. -President Dwight Eisenhower By Dr. Jim Ferguson Twenty-two years...
by design | Sep 18, 2023 | Columnist, Major
Remembering Walter Lambert, Man of Many Talents By Ralphine Major We would look for his table each year. He often left his signature red apron on the table alongside his cookbooks. It was at the Grainger County Tomato Festival where we first met the popular TV...
by design | Sep 18, 2023 | Columnist, Rector
A License to Chill By Joe Rector I dipped my toes into the warm water of the Atlantic, bowed my head to offer a prayer for Jimmy Buffett, and listened to his music as I walked and splashed in the breaking waves. I admit that my eyes were close to filling with tears....
by design | Sep 18, 2023 | The Daily Focus
The Authors Guild of Tennessee (AGT) will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday, October 5, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. at the Faith Lutheran Church in Farragut. Social time and book exchange begins at 10:30. Published authors are invited to attend. AGT is now accepting...
by design | Sep 18, 2023 | Public Notice
Order for Service of Process by Publication In the Probate Court for Knox County, Tennessee In re Estate of Franklin Hatfield, Deceased Felicia Coalson Administrator, v. Emma Jo Trotter Thomas, Harold Hatfield, Jr., Michael Hatfield, Margaret Marshall,...
by design | Sep 17, 2023 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Governor Lee lauds the efforts of state’s tourism industry By Ken Lay Tennessee Governor Bill Lee had some kind words for workers in the tourism and hospitality business in the Volunteer State Thursday. Lee spoke at the annual Conference on Tourism and Hospitality at...
by design | Sep 17, 2023 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Politics in the KPD? The Knoxville News Sentinel has filled what pages it has on coverage of Nzinga Amani, formerly known as David Hayes. Amani was found guilty by a Knox County jury of resisting arrest. The jury could not reach a verdict on a charge...
by design | Sep 17, 2023 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
O’Neil treasures relationships and championships By Steve Williams The total number of athletes who have been members of the teams Sean O’Neil has coached over the past 16 years at Knoxville Catholic High School is not readily known. But you can be sure each one has...
by design | Sep 17, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Oklahoma’s Crazy Congressman: Manuel Herrick By Ray Hill If I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard someone suggest a member of Congress was crazy, Elon Musk would be a pauper by comparison. Yet in the case of Manuel Herrick of Oklahoma, it was not simply the opinion...
