by design | Jun 21, 2021 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Today’s youth have missed out on so many good things that we old people enjoyed. Don’t tell me how much better life is now because I realize how fortunate we are to have all the technology that supposedly makes things easier. How could we ever...
by design | Jun 21, 2021 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan We have all heard a story of someone being swindled by a dishonest business. Maybe it has happened to you. If there was only some way you could make them pay for their deceptive practices. The Tennessee Consumer Protection Act is designed to help...
by design | Jun 21, 2021 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi 200 games. That’s how long it took Tony Vitello to build Tennessee baseball from one of the worst teams in the conference to one of the best in the nation. “I just wanted to get this thing where people were proud of it,” said Vitello, now in his...
by design | Jun 21, 2021 | The Daily Focus
Anyone who spends time outdoors in warm weather needs to be aware of diseases that can be transmitted by ticks. According to the CDC, tick-borne illnesses doubled in the U.S. between 2014 and 2016. Because ticks are so small, people might not even notice when they’ve...
by design | Jun 21, 2021 | Public Notice
NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, by Deed of Trust dated January 24, 2018, recorded in Instrument Number 201902150048381, of the Deed of Trust Records of Knox County, Tennessee, Total Automotive Protection Plan, LLC, a Tennessee Corporation conveyed...
by design | Jun 21, 2021 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly Traveling to various venues with the Tennessee Volunteers is very enjoyable, and there are some intriguing stories, many of which can be told in the pages of a family newspaper. Lindsey Nelson has reported that, while in California for the 1940 Rose...
by design | Jun 20, 2021 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Tax break for Andrew Johnson Building OKed by city council By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The Knoxville City Council approved of a tax break for BNA Associates LLC for the purchase of the historic Andrew Johnson Building Tuesday evening but not...
by design | Jun 20, 2021 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley I’m not sure how many others in our community have noticed it, but Knoxville is becoming a microcosm of what is happening nationally. The trifecta of leftist politicians, the mainstream media and Big Tech conspire to stifle free speech and silence...
by design | Jun 20, 2021 | Columnist, Duncan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By John J. Duncan Jr. Those who watch only the very biased, distorted propaganda from CNN and MSNBC probably did not see the photos of Nancy Pelosi and other leading Democrats at a party at the White House not wearing masks and not practicing social distancing....
by design | Jun 20, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Carroll Reece had spent a decade in Congress serving Tennessee’s First Congressional District when he had been upset by Oscar Byrd Lovette, the former district attorney general from Greene County in the 1930 general election. Reece had faced a tough...
