by design | Mar 13, 2022 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Big Turnout for Bud It is no surprise former Knox County Law Director Richard “Bud” Armstrong would draw a big crowd on his home turf. Jack and Joyce Huddleston hosted a meet and greet at the Corryton Community Center in the 8th District last week for...
by design | Mar 13, 2022 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com “I’m going to do the right thing,” Sheriff Tom Spangler told his volunteers Thursday evening. Hundreds of volunteers gathered at the EXPO Center on Clinton Highway to rally and volunteer to help Tom Spangler be...
by design | Mar 13, 2022 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill The folks who read this column regularly are some of God’s gentlepeople and highly discerning. That is my opinion, yet I will be positively shocked if a single reader remembers Arthur Wergs Mitchell. One of the most interesting aspects of history to me...
by design | Mar 13, 2022 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Bearden High had a 1-2 punch that was too much to handle for Knox County foe Farragut Saturday night in the BlueCross Basketball Championships. Junior post Avery Treadwell’s dominance on the inside with 15 points and 16 rebounds and point...
by design | Mar 13, 2022 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The Wall That Heals exhibit opens in Knoxville on Thursday, April 21, with a 10 a.m. opening ceremony. The replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D. C., needs your help, especially if you are a...
by design | Mar 13, 2022 | Columnist, Ferguson, Stories In This Week's Focus:
If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry. Emily Dickinson By Dr. Jim Ferguson I find it easier to write when something comes to mind rather than waiting for perhaps a more noteworthy topic closer to deadline....
by design | Mar 13, 2022 | Black, Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com In my mailbox were flyers from a group “U.S. Term Limits” urging my local state representatives to support congressional term limits. Their website says that resolutions have been introduced in 17 states....
by design | Mar 13, 2022 | Columnist, Duncan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Obviously, after Jesus Christ, I thought my dad was the greatest man who ever lived. From the time I was a small boy, I suppose I wanted to be as much like him as possible. I fell short in many ways, but one area in which I...
by design | Mar 13, 2022 | The Daily Focus
A Brown Bag Lecture with John J. Duncan, Jr., on March 16, 2022, at 12 p.m. In a noon lecture on Wednesday, March 16, Congressman John J. Duncan, Jr., will present “From Batboy to Congressman: Thirty Years in the U.S. House – Book Talk,” a discussion focused on...
by design | Mar 12, 2022 | The Daily Focus
Girls basketball championships delayed due to safety concerns First game set to start at 1:30 p.m. Roads in Murfreesboro leading to Murphy Center are clear, but in order to allow staff time to clear the sidewalks on MTSU’s campus, the decision has been made to delay...
