by design | Jun 6, 2022 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly Over the years, it hasn’t mattered how players ended up at Tennessee to play football. It didn’t matter who they were or what their “credentials” were. Once players arrived in Knoxville, they still had to prove themselves. For those who did, there...
by design | Jun 6, 2022 | Columnist, Ferguson
How shall I know, unless I go to Cairo or Cathay, Whether or not this blessed spot is blessed in every way? Now it may be, the flower for me is beneath my nose; How shall I tell, unless I smell The Carthaginian rose? — Edna St. Vincent Millay By Dr. Jim...
by design | Jun 6, 2022 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com Just in time for the 2022 Synchronous Fireflies Event in the Great Smoky Mountains set for June 3-10 is the release of “Piddle Diddle, the Widdle Penguin, and the Synchronous Fireflies of the Great Smoky Mountains,” a fun and...
by design | Jun 6, 2022 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Times are rough for Americans. As soon as we stick our heads out after two-plus years of Covid, other things knock us sideways. Right now, inflation is choking our economy and causing a great deal of worry for people here and abroad. While I’m not so...
by design | Jun 6, 2022 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan When one of my criminal clients is entering a plea agreement regarding what they are charged with, they often receive probation. That means they serve none of their sentence in jail but instead serve their sentence on probation. This usually...
by design | Jun 6, 2022 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com On my first day as judge in 1982, Gary Tulloch, then the Chief Probation Counselor for East Tennessee, told me that 98% of the defendants in felony cases came from broken homes. He would have been much more accurate...
by design | Jun 6, 2022 | Black, Columnist
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com I can’t really explain why the Uvalde shootings have affected me more than other shootings including Buffalo. Maybe its because every year I deer hunt near Eagle Pass, TX (the epicenter of the illegal...
by design | Jun 6, 2022 | Public Notice
Court Notices ORDER OF SERVICE BY PUBLICATION IN THE CHANCERY COURT FOR GRAINGER COUNTY, TENNESSEE IN RE: Ava Andrea Nicely, D.O.B. 05/20/2015 Randy Craig Nicely and Tammy Faye Nicely, Petitioners. Jeremy Andrew Nicely and Brittney Colquett...
by design | Jun 6, 2022 | The Daily Focus
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com What is the climate at the city police department? That’s the question that the new police chief is asking the Knoxville City Council for help to find out. The council voted Tuesday to accept a $40,250 donation from...
by design | Jun 5, 2022 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Jay, Johns and Allen speak at Republican Club meeting By Ken Lay Four area politicians made a stump stop at the Concord-Farragut Republican Club’s monthly meeting Thursday night. Knox County Commissioner Larsen Jay (At-Large Seat 10) and Knox County District Attorney...
