by design | Jan 9, 2023 | Columnist, Major
The Beautiful Christmas Poinsettia By Ralphine Major It is one of the lingering signs of Christmas. For weeks or even months before the start of the Christmas season, many people shopped, decorated, and made plans for the Christmas holiday. It has only been a few days...
by design | Jan 9, 2023 | Columnist, Williams
Cummings plans to take a year off to watch son play By Steve Williams It’s been a little over three weeks since the surprising news came out that Scott Cummings had resigned as head football coach at Oak Ridge High School. That got me to wondering about Cummings’...
by design | Jan 9, 2023 | Columnist, Nagi
More Fantasy Football Depression By Mark Nagi Folks, if there is one thing that I have learned in my 50 years on this planet, its that it is better not to care. You don’t get hurt that way. Every year I play fantasy football… in multiple leagues, and (almost) every...
by design | Jan 9, 2023 | The Daily Focus
TOWN HALL EAST Monday, January 9th, 7:o0 PM Eastminster Presbyterian Church, Fellowship Hall What are the big issues facing our community? What do our elected officials think? Do we agree? Do you know who they are? Come to our open community...
by design | Jan 9, 2023 | Public Notice
court notices NON-RESIDENT NOTICE TO: STEPHANIE BOND IN RE: THE WALTER D. BOND AND MARTHA R. BOND LIVING TRUST DATED FEBRUARY 10, 2015 AND JEFFREY BOND, TRUSTEE v STEPHANIE BOND 205662-2 IN THE CHANCERY COURT FOR KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEE In this Cause, it...
by design | Jan 8, 2023 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
New Adrian Burnett campus opens its doors to students today By Ken Lay Schools throughout Knox County begin the spring semester today (Jan. 9) and when the first bell sounds, students at Adrian Burnett Elementary School will have a new campus to call home. And it was...
by design | Jan 8, 2023 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley City Administration Needs To Be More Open And Transparent A few weeks ago, Eric Vreeland, the city spin doctor for the Kincannon administration took issue with my description of the pay for former deputy mayor Stephanie Welch....
by design | Jan 8, 2023 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Scholars’ Bowl starts Tuesday on PBS By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The 39th Tennessee Scholars’ Bowl begins Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. and will air until March 29, 2023, on East Tennessee PBS. “We made a few small changes to the game that I think our...
by design | Jan 8, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Daniel A. Reed of New York By Ray Hill At the time of his death, Daniel Alden Reed of New York was the senior Republican in the House of Representatives, having served forty years in Congress. Only two Democrats had served longer than Reed; Speaker Sam Rayburn of...
by design | Jan 8, 2023 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Sartelle wants to make Air Force a career By Steve Williams John Sartelle will never forget his teammates and high school football career at West that climaxed with a perfect 15-0 record and state championship, but not long from now he will embark on a new journey in...