by design | Feb 21, 2022 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector I’ve talked about the trees that I had cut and the work I’ve done. The job ended last week when a friend came to cut the remaining tree. I made a deal with him to leave the limbs for me to take care of in order to save some money. Dragging, cutting, and...
by design | Feb 21, 2022 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com I vaguely remember the site before the structure was built. For years, the Old Knox County Courthouse at the corner of Gay Street and Main and the Old City Hall atop the hill at Henley Street and Summit Hill Drive had served area...
by design | Feb 21, 2022 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan A question that often comes up in divorce cases is, “How do we file for taxes? Don’t we have to file for taxes together?” I am no tax attorney, but my basic knowledge of tax law gives me a little insight into how to handle this situation. As a...
by design | Feb 21, 2022 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi A couple of weeks ago in this column I wrote about the Tennessee/Florida rivalry, and how it continues to burn very hot. The nice thing about sports is that there isn’t just one rival. In men’s basketball, it doesn’t get more intense than Tennessee and...
by design | Feb 21, 2022 | Public Notice
FORECLOSURE NOTICES NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Under and by virtue of the authority vested in the undersigned Trustee and in execution of that certain Deed of Trust made by Jason D. Brown and wife, Tiffany Smith, dated September 18, 2017, recorded at...
by design | Feb 21, 2022 | The Daily Focus
Knox County Engineering and Public Works recently completed a $1.8 million project that drastically improves safety on a section of E. Emory Road in Powell. Construction began in April 2021 to realign Bishop Road, Taggart Lane, and Norman Jack Lane to create a single...
by design | Feb 20, 2022 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Cash, Rysewyk make final pitches to BOE By Ken Lay The search for the next Knox County Schools Superintendent has entered its home stretch. The two candidates to replace the retiring Bob Thomas made their final pitches to the Knox County Board of Education Friday in...
by design | Feb 20, 2022 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Former Sheriff’s Narcotics Chief Faces Federal Indictment Another one of former Knox County Sheriff Jimmy “J. J.” Jones’ model employees seems to be in a spot of trouble. Actually it could be big trouble. David Henderson, supervisor of the Knox...
by design | Feb 20, 2022 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Three school board members, aided by Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs, went before the Knox County Commission’s work session Tuesday evening demanding an outside attorney be hired to fight the federal judge’s mask...
by design | Feb 20, 2022 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The 1956 Presidential Election in Tennessee By Ray Hill Dwight D. Eisenhower had carried Tennessee in the 1952 election, albeit it only barely, with the final totals being 446,147 for “Ike” and 443,710 for Democratic nominee Adlai Stevenson. It was a difference of...
