by design | May 30, 2023 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly Most Tennessee fans see visiting teams at Neyland Stadium trot onto the field to a scattered chorus of boos, but that’s just part of the story. There’s drama underneath the south end after each game precious few people get to witness. The current...
by design | May 30, 2023 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi Is this a good time to be a fan of athletics at the University of Tennessee? Yes, my friend, it most certainly is. Following the firing of Phillip Fulmer as the Vols head coach in 2008, Tennessee was in the darkness for over a decade. Football was a...
by design | May 30, 2023 | Columnist, Ferguson
You can lead someone to knowledge, but you can’t make him think. Anonymous By Dr. Jim Ferguson You can teach an old dog new tricks, and I offer myself as an example. Since my retirement, I have added doing wash, vacuuming and cleaning toilets to my resume which has...
by design | May 30, 2023 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major The memorial is beautiful and so well deserved. It is a lasting tribute to Staff Sergeant Ryan Knauss, the last one of the thirteen American heroes killed in Afghanistan nearly two years ago. Only steps away from where the temporary memorial...
by design | May 30, 2023 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector The picture with my column is several years old. I’m not sure anyone would recognize me now, although I don’t think I’ve changed one bit. Readers don’t much care what a writer looks like as long as the man or woman has something interesting to say. I’m...
by design | May 30, 2023 | Black, Columnist
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com You can tell who the left fears by the hit pieces that suddenly appear in their newspapers, on their networks and their sycophants like Black Lives Matter, Move On and the NAACP. Make no doubt about it,...
by design | May 30, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com During my entire 30 years in Washington, I saw two things over and over: 1) The easiest thing in the world to do is to spend other peoples’ money, and 2) It was impossible to satisfy the government’s appetite for money –...
by design | May 30, 2023 | Public Notice
FORECLOSURE NOTICES NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE Default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid by a certain Deed of Trust executed on January 4, 2019 by Don Lauderdale, as appears of record in the...
by design | May 30, 2023 | The Daily Focus
The City will host a West Knoxville Community Open House on Thursday, June 1, 4:30-6:30 p.m. at Bearden Middle School, 1000 Francis Rd. Attendees should use the driveway entrance located on Middlebrook Pike. West Knoxville neighbors and stakeholders are invited to...
by design | May 29, 2023 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Community invited to ribbon cutting for new Mynatt Chapel in Powell By Focus Staff Longtime North Knox County establishment Mynatt Funeral Home is cutting the ribbon on its new Powell chapel this Friday, June 2. Congressman Tim Burchett and Dwight Van de Vate from the...
