by design | Jul 6, 2021 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Our grandson Madden came for his annual summer visit. For two folks who haven’t had children in the house for a few years, keeping up with a young’un is sometimes difficult. For the most part, however, I think the boy has had a good time, and I know his...
by design | Jul 6, 2021 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan If you live in a house, you have neighbors, and you have any kind of vegetation growing on either of your properties, here is a situation in which you may find yourself: Your neighbor has a big tree that you have never really paid attention to,...
by design | Jul 6, 2021 | Public Notice
COURT NOTICES NON-RESIDENT NOTICE TO: WESLEY V. CARROLL AND OTHER UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS AKA JOHN DOE CLAIMANTS IN RE: ALBERT J. HARB v. WESLEY V. CARROLL 201234-2 IN THE CHANCERY COURT FOR KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEE In this Cause, it appearing from the...
by design | Jul 6, 2021 | The Daily Focus
A Taste of History is a 15-time Emmy Award-winning television series that recreates culinary heritage by cooking spectacular historic recipes at original locations across the globe. The show is one-part cooking, one-part history with a dash of humor and a whole lot of...
by design | Jul 5, 2021 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Sweet P’s opens new location in Fountain City By Ken Lay Fountain City’s newest restaurant is opening today (July 6). Knoxville’s Sweet P’s chain is expanding and will have a new home on the north end of town. Sweet P’s Uptown Corner, located at 3029 Tazewell Pike,...
by design | Jul 5, 2021 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Last week, the Knoxville City Council voted to allow the Knoxville Utilities Board to go into the broadband business. KUB is preparing to spend $700 million of ratepayer’s money over a period of seven years to launch their new project. Of course they...
by design | Jul 5, 2021 | Columnist, Duncan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Tucker Carlson is the most courageous person on national television today. Night after night, he takes on liberal and left-wing billionaires, anti-white racism, and other topics others are too politically ‘correct’ to touch....
by design | Jul 5, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Milton Ruben Young is a name very few of my readers are likely familiar with and he was an improbable member of the United States Senate. Even in his native state of North Dakota, Young is something of vague figure despite almost thirty-six years of...
by design | Jul 5, 2021 | Columnist, Ferguson, Stories In This Week's Focus:
To destroy a people, you must first sever their roots. Alexander Solzhenitsyn By Dr. Jim Ferguson This is a special time for me because as I begin this essay my daughter, son-in-law and two grandchildren are winging their way to Knoxville from Portland, Oregon. Due to...
by design | Jul 5, 2021 | Black, Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Dr. Harold A. Black I just celebrated my 76th birthday and as a lifelong academic I am appalled by the continuing dumbing down of academic standards. Princeton University’s announcement that Latin and Greek will no longer be required for a major in Classics has...
