by design | Oct 25, 2021 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major Its effects are still being seen and felt. More than a year and a half after the Covid pandemic entered our world, shortages galore are facing Americans. Who could have imagined in March 2020 that in the fall of 2021 more than 100 cargo ships on the...
by design | Oct 25, 2021 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely You don’t often think of those small outlying communities but several played an important part in our Civil War era. Before railroads and the creation of the TVA lakes, our area was a much different place. If you’d like to take a nearby trip and drive...
by design | Oct 25, 2021 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan When I draft wills for people, one conversation I have with them is where they will store their wills. It’s important to know that usually courts, especially in Tennessee, need the original of a will for it to be admitted to probate court. So...
by design | Oct 25, 2021 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly The 1990 Mississippi State game created a number of memories for those Tennessee fans who survived the heat and humidity of a Sept. 8 afternoon game in Starkville, Mississippi. The game was part of the former WTBS television (Channel 17) package and...
by design | Oct 25, 2021 | The Daily Focus
With National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month kicking off November 1, the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) is providing information to dispel common falsehoods about Alzheimer’s disease to help individuals know the warning signs, understand the importance of early...
by design | Oct 25, 2021 | Public Notice
FORECLOSURE NOTICE NOTICE OF SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE SALE Default having occurred under the terms of that certain Deed of Trust dated October 5, 2018, from Lieb Properties, LLC, recorded as Instrument 201810080022938, in the Knox County Register’s Office, and...
by design | Oct 24, 2021 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Nick McBride kicks off re-election campaign By Ken Lay Nick McBride will seek a second term as Knox County’s Register of Deeds in 2022. He officially kicked off his re-election campaign Tuesday night at an event in West Knoxville. McBride greeted and addressed...
by design | Oct 24, 2021 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley During the 2020 election we were told Joe Biden was not just a worn out old man; rather he was a marvel of energy, a regular wizard of innovation, and generally an all-round whiz-bang. And nine months into his administration, durned if he...
by design | Oct 24, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay When Catholic High School senior linebacker Raphell Mayes returned an interception for a touchdown just before halftime, it helped the Irish open a big lead on a rainy Thursday night in North Knox County. It gave Catholic a 23-7 advantage and the Irish...
by design | Oct 24, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill “Cry Aloud and Spare Not” That was the motto of the notorious “Parson” William G. Brownlow’s Whig newspaper. That same motto was adopted by the Parson and his partner, Captain William Rule, when they published the Knoxville Chronicle and Whig....
