by design | Sep 27, 2021 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly One of the joys of advancing geezerdom is having a storehouse of memories from seeing the great moments in University of Tennessee sports live, moments that younger fans today can only see on film, videotape, or any of the other advances in technology...
by design | Sep 27, 2021 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector joerector@comcast.net Dark always crept up on us, especially when the winner of an intense game of football was being decided in the lower lot of our yard. One by one, the boys in the neighborhood set out for home. Some traveled with a slow pace brought...
by design | Sep 27, 2021 | Public Notice
COURT NOTICES Non-Resident Notice IN THE GENERAL SESSIONS COURT FOR KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE TVA EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION, Plaintiff, vs. RAYMOND MICHAEL WALTERS, Defendant. No. 38446K It appearing in this case that the Civil Warrant was...
by design | Sep 26, 2021 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Chancery court to hear dispute between KCSO, its Merit System Council By Ken Lay Knox County Sheriff’s Office Merit System Council Chairperson Gina Oster and council member Jim Jennings will not recuse themselves from the Merit System Council. The board voted...
by design | Sep 26, 2021 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Gary Prince, attorney for Knox County Sheriff Tom Spangler, has filed a motion before the Chancery Court calling for the Knox County Sheriff Office Merit System Council members Gina Oster and Jim Jennings to recuse themselves in hearing grievances from...
by design | Sep 26, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay Chuck Severance may be running for office. But that doesn’t mean that he has any desire to be a politician. “People have asked me, ‘Chuck, are you crazy? Why do you want to be a politician?’ I tell them that I’m not a politician, I’m a servant,” Severance...
by design | Sep 26, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill This column is written for my friend John R. Mills. Johnny and I have been friends since 1976 and his was the first local campaign I worked on as a volunteer. Johnny’s wife, Charlotte, is a good friend of mine as well and so was her Dad, Mr. Hal Cate. The...
by design | Sep 26, 2021 | Columnist, Duncan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com I have never known of any Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as blatantly political and as openly partisan as Gen. Mark Milley. I also have never seen anyone try as hard to portray himself as some type of hero and...
by design | Sep 26, 2021 | Black, Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com Although not a popular opinion, I have always been a fan of the structure of the Fed and the concept of Fed independence. It has its critics but show me a better system and I will favor it. The Fed consists of seven...
by design | Sep 26, 2021 | Columnist, Ferguson, Stories In This Week's Focus:
“I hate writing, I love having written.” -Dorothy Parker “Most of the time I enjoy writing, but I love having written.” -Jim Ferguson By Dr. Jim Ferguson Each week I sit down and write about what’s on my mind. Now that I am retired this usually occurs on a Wednesday...
