by design | Aug 30, 2022 | The Daily Focus
Road Construction Won’t Delay Motorists The Tennessee Department of Transportation will halt all lane closure activity on interstates and state highways for the Labor Day holiday travel period. Construction crews will stop all lane closure activity at noon on Friday,...
by design | Aug 29, 2022 | Black, Columnist
Black-Diallo-Miller Residence Hall By Harold Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com On August 4, 2022, my alma mater the University of Georgia held ceremonies naming its newest residence hall, Black-Diallo-Miller Hall honoring the first blacks to enroll as...
by design | Aug 29, 2022 | Columnist, Duncan
Inflation ‘Reduction’ Act Will Do The Exact Opposite By John J. Duncan Jr. In a press conference on August 12, 1986, President Ronald Reagan said “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’” He...
by design | Aug 29, 2022 | Columnist, Ferguson
A Death in the Family This is my Father’s world. Maltbie Davenport Babcock By Dr. Jim Ferguson I am a native Knoxvillian and, except when I was in medical school and internal medicine residency, I have lived in Knoxville all my life. I went to Tyson Junior High and...
by design | Aug 29, 2022 | Columnist, Major
UT’s Student Center By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com The picture showed up in a batch of slides I recently converted to digital format. Many readers may recall the student center at The University of Tennessee Knoxville which was officially called the Carolyn P....
by design | Aug 29, 2022 | Columnist, Rector
Better then or now? By Joe Rector I’m sitting on the front porch and waiting for the storm to roll in. No guarantees are given, but the air has cooled, the skies are filling with a thick blanket of dark clouds, and the thunder is rumbling in the distance. I suppose...
by design | Aug 29, 2022 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘It was all football, just rock ‘em, sock ‘em’ By Tom Mattingly If you were to go to war on the gridiron, you’d want to have former Vol Steve DeLong on your side. Steve DeLong could play the game… and play it at a high level. Steve died Aug. 18, 2010, at age 67, but...
by design | Aug 29, 2022 | The Daily Focus
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by design | Aug 29, 2022 | Public Notice
FORECLOSURE NOTICES NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE WHEREAS, by Deed of Trust dated August 31, 2016, recorded in the Register’s Office of Knox County, Tennessee, at Instrument No. 201610050022274 (“Trust Deed”), F.B.H. Outreach Ministries, Inc., a...
by design | Aug 28, 2022 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Senator Hagerty Hosts Coffee By Focus Staff Bill Hagerty, Tennessee’s junior United States senator, has been traveling the state during the recent congressional recess. Hagerty is listening and talking about economics with Tennesseans of all walks of life as he moves...
