by design | Aug 29, 2021 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill The story of Grace Moore is not at all political in nature and hopefully readers of this column will not be sorely disappointed. Miss Moore’s story is, however uniquely and quintessentially American. It is both an interesting story and certainly part of...
by design | Aug 29, 2021 | Columnist, Duncan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By John J. Duncan Jr. I have never seen, heard or read about a president who has done as much damage to this country in as short a time as Joe Biden has. Brit Hume summed it up best a few months ago when he said on Fox News that Joe Biden had a reputation as a...
by design | Aug 29, 2021 | Black, Columnist
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com To some of us looking on from the outside it seems that Defense Secretary Austin and the Joint Chiefs’ Milley are intent on degrading our military. Here is an incomplete list: the reversal of Trump’s transgender policy, the...
by design | Aug 29, 2021 | Columnist, Ferguson, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Those who can make you believe absurdities; can make you commit atrocities. — Voltaire By Dr. Jim Ferguson Years ago, when I was in traditional medical practice, I learned about TMI, defined by my nurse as “too much information.” One afternoon while going to my...
by design | Aug 29, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Fulton High may have a big-play offense, but its defense can play some football, too. The Falcons kept Central in single digits most of the night before winning the latest meeting in the annual Battle of Broadway 31-14 Friday at Bob Black Field. With...
by design | Aug 29, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Bill Howard Gibbs High School rolled into Webb School of Knoxville this past Friday night on a high after defeating Halls on opening night. Against the Spartans, the Eagles ran twice as many plays (85 to 42) from scrimmage, had 127 more total yards (434 to 307),...
by design | Aug 29, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mark Nagi If you like offensive football, Bill Clabo Field was the place to be last Friday night. The West Rebels and Farragut Admirals scored early and often. In the end, the Rebels did just enough to outscore the Admirals 41-38. “Both defenses are tough, but you...
by design | Aug 29, 2021 | The Daily Focus
By Jerry Vagnier Overlooked amid the understandable focus on the coronavirus over the past year has been the alarming rise in opioid use and, tragically, deaths from overdoses. Here in East Tennessee, we are witnessing what the CDC tells us is happening across...
by design | Aug 28, 2021 | The Daily Focus
The photos from the camera snaked into the below-ground stormwater pipe tell Chris Howley all he needs to know: The steel bottom of the decades-old pipe has rusted out, and without intervention, the pipe is going to fail. A hole over the pipe will form, and it will...
by design | Aug 27, 2021 | The Daily Focus
Twilight at Ijams, presented by Clayton and Colonial Pipeline Company, is Sunday, Sept.12, from 5:30-8:30 p.m. The event, Ijams Nature Center’s largest annual fundraiser, raises awareness and funds so that the nonprofit nature center can educate and inspire...
