by Steve Hunley | May 16, 2021 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them Let’s look at Chicago—the last Republican mayor of the “Windy City” was William Hale Thompson who left office in 1931. So, for the last 89 years, Chicago has been governed by Democrats. Now an animal shelter is...
by John Duncan | May 16, 2021 | Columnist, Duncan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By John J. Duncan Jr. Last week’s column about Richard Nixon brought back the memory of an interesting Knoxville connection Nixon had. Erma Greenwood attended Duke University Law School with him in the late 1930s. Ms. Greenwood was for many years the only woman...
by Ray Hill | May 16, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
“Live so that when you die, even the undertaker will be sorry.” Sign that hung in the business office of Jim Cummings. By Ray Hill James H. Cummings is likely a name unfamiliar with most readers, but during his time he was a power and a man to be reckoned...
by Jim Ferguson | May 16, 2021 | Columnist, Ferguson, Stories In This Week's Focus:
How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you were? Satchel Paige By Dr. Jim Ferguson It’s finally over. For an adult, birthdays are not usually treated with fanfare. I guess this is because we’ve had so many. However, turning seventy was an exception for me....
by Ralphine Major | May 16, 2021 | Columnist, Major, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Part 12, Final in series on Wallace Dwight Kessel By Ralphine Major He has led a full and varied life. Knox County’s first County Executive was very active in his church. A member of First Baptist Church Knoxville, Dwight Kessel was elected deacon in 1978, served...
by design | May 16, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Focus Staff Larsen Jay, chairman of the Knox County Commission, kicked off his re-election campaign to serve once again as commissioner-at-large. Knox County has two commission seats elected countywide, while the other members are elected by district. Jay hosted...
by design | May 16, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Bronze Medal winner is coaching jumpers By Steve Williams The newest member of Webb School’s track and field coaching staff has a world class background as an athlete. Jerome Romain earned the Bronze Medal in the triple jump event at the World Championships in...
by design | May 16, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
EMMA HENDERSON PHOTOGRAPHY / Twitter: @emma_b_hend13 Carter quarterback Presean Brown, an upcoming junior, takes a snap at one of the Hornets’ spring practices. Carter, under the direction of second-year head coach Justin Pressley, capped its spring drills with a...
by Tom Mattingly | May 16, 2021 | Columnist, Mattingly, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Tom Mattingly When the Football Writers Association of America selected a Quarter Century All-SEC team for the years 1950-74 in December 1975, the only unanimous selection was Douglas Leon Atkins of Humboldt, Tenn., a legendary Vol from the years 1950 -52....
by design | May 16, 2021 | The Daily Focus
Ijams Nature Center and Central Cinema will welcome back movie lovers to the lawn for the 2021 Movies Under the Stars, presented by Cherokee Distributing Co. and Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., starting June 4. Moviegoers are invited to bring lawn chairs and blankets to...
