by design | Nov 1, 2021 | The Daily Focus
By Mike Steely Thursday was the final day of early voting and more people chose to vote that day than any other day beginning on October 13th. Altogether 10,677 people chose to vote in person and 954 voted by absentee ballot. The final early vote count was 11,631....
by design | Oct 31, 2021 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs kicks off re-election campaign By Bill Howard Some 125 enthusiastic supporters of Knox Co. Mayor Glenn Jacobs were on hand last Thursday night when Jacobs officially kicked off his reelection campaign. The event – staged by Chris...
by design | Oct 31, 2021 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Commissioner Larsen Jay has put together a rather solid case for those Republicans who aren’t following the bylaws as written and approved by the Tennessee State Executive Committee. Let me quote from the Bylaws of the Tennessee Republican Party under...
by design | Oct 31, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Focus Staff Edith Jackson is celebrating something special at her Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio in The Gallery Shopping Center at 7240 Kingston Pike. Ninety years ago, during the Great Depression, a pioneering woman from Indiana opened her first cosmetics studio in...
by design | Oct 31, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill It was James A. Fowler who helped to send a murderer to prison for an unusual and spectacular crime in 1906. One of the most prominent cases in Fowler’s long legal career involved a young lawyer, Sam Parker, who had been a stand-out athlete at the...
by design | Oct 31, 2021 | Columnist, Duncan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com There was nothing conservative about either the Clinton or Obama Administrations, but the Biden Administration is starting to make them look conservative in comparison. For many years, a statement has been mistakenly...
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PHOTO BY STEVE WILLIAMS Hardin Valley Coach Bryan Brown chats with his boys’ cross country team and brings some smiles to their faces as the Hawks rest after winning the Region 2 Class AAA title for the fourth straight year. By Steve Williams Hardin Valley Coach...
by design | Oct 31, 2021 | Columnist, Ferguson, Stories In This Week's Focus:
“We are all born ignorant, but one must work very hard to remain stupid.” Ben Franklin By Dr. Jim Ferguson You have heard the adage that getting older is not for sissies. Notice that I used “older” rather than “old” because it best describes a calculus rather...
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By Jamie Schnell schnellj@knoxfocus.com The court system became overloaded with cases while operating on an emergency basis during Covid. Legal teams, inundated with a backlog of court cases, desperately need added attention to each case to help make an informed...
by design | Oct 31, 2021 | Black, Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com As a young assistant professor, I was the faculty advisor to the student libertarian party at the University of Florida. We sold bumper stickers that said, “Taxation is Theft.” Mine was stolen. America has the most...
