by design | May 3, 2021 | The Daily Focus
Officials with the Smoky Mountain Children’s Home (SMCH), have announced that in the midst of the ongoing pandemic, a major renovation project has taken place on the campus. The announcement comes jointly from Dr. Walt Mauldin, executive director of SMCH, and his...
by Mark Nagi | May 3, 2021 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi There are times that the days drag, and others that they fly by. Either way, our local high school football teams can’t wait for the opening games of the 2021 season get here. The good news (or bad news for those impatient folks) is that the kickoff to...
by design | May 3, 2021 | Public Notice
COURT NOTICES NON-RESIDENT NOTICE TO: SARAH ELIZABETH MARSHALL IN RE: MARK LELAND MARSHALL v. SARAH ELIZABETH MARSHALL 201156-2 IN THE CHANCERY COURT FOR KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEE In this cause appearing from the verified complaint filed the...
by design | May 2, 2021 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Despite protests, commission passes three important items By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com While continued protests at the Knox County Commission meeting last Monday got most of the news coverage, the commission passed three measures that will affect...
by Steve Hunley | May 2, 2021 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley More Protest Follies Readers will recall the antics of Constance Every and her merry band of protesters who tried to disrupt a recent meeting of the Knox County Commission and were promptly arrested by the Knox County Sherriff’s Office. The protestors...
by Ray Hill | May 2, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Carroll Reece, congressman from Tennessee’s First Congressional District, had served for a decade. Yet, in the 1930 general election, Reece found himself surprisingly hard pressed by the challenge of Oscar Byrd Lovette, the former District Attorney for...
by John Duncan | May 2, 2021 | Columnist, Duncan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By John J. Duncan Jr. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s most famous quote is one in which he said “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”...
by Jim Ferguson | May 2, 2021 | Columnist, Ferguson, Stories In This Week's Focus:
I hate to write; I love having written. Dorothy Parker By Dr. Jim Ferguson As a writer I have to disagree with Ms. Parker, the famous poet, satirist, critic and writer. But then she was perhaps best known for her wisecracks. My corollary to Parker’s quip is, “I enjoy...
by Ralphine Major | May 2, 2021 | Columnist, Major, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Part 11 in Dwight Kessel series By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com With Dwight Kessel’s years in public service, many well-deserved awards and recognitions have come his way. Some of the awards include Distinguished Service Award for Fifty Years of Leadership and...
by Tom Mattingly | May 2, 2021 | Columnist, Mattingly, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Tom Mattingly There are times the game-by-game scores in the Tennessee Football Media Guide, pp. 280- 296 in the 1919 version, are just a mind-numbing array of numbers, stretching from that first game in 1891, Sewanee 24, Tennessee 0, through the more recent years....
