by design | Dec 13, 2021 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com They were alumni from the same high school and siblings from the Mynatt family. They passed away only days apart. Carol Ann Mynatt Fortner and Randall Lee Mynatt’s family have long been a part of the Halls Community. ...
by design | Dec 12, 2021 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Driscoll event benefits Toys for Tots By Ken Lay Knox County Commission Candidate Devin Driscoll took a little time away from the campaign trail early last week to host a party for charity. Many of his supporters and friends were present but Driscoll said he hosted...
by design | Dec 12, 2021 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Whoops! Wrong Sheriff Tools in the wrong hands can be dangerous. I see now why my momma always cautioned us against running with sharp objects and Facebook surely can be a sharp object indeed. In a Facebook post since deleted or removed, Scott...
by design | Dec 12, 2021 | Black, Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com I have always been confused by the abortion debate. The democrats who are abortion’s most ardent supporters are reducing their future voters while republicans are trying to stop them. It seems to me that this is...
by design | Dec 12, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Austin Cate, Knox County’s sheriff, had won resounding victories in both the Republican primary and the general election in 1948 to win reelection. Cate had faced formidable opposition in the GOP primary from former Finance Commissioner Ed...
by design | Dec 12, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Bob Dole was the last presidential nominee who was a veteran of the Second World War. Few people who saw it will ever forget the moving moment when Bob Dole, then confined to a wheelchair asked to be raised to a standing position so he could salute...
by design | Dec 12, 2021 | Columnist, Duncan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com My maternal grandfather, Jacob Swisher, was born in 1885 in Watseka, Illinois. In 1910, while teaching in Bureau County, IL, he met and married another teacher, Nora Mae Anthony, in her hometown of Providence, IL. Papa...
by design | Dec 12, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Thirty players make up the “first team” on The Knoxville Focus / Coaches’ 2021 All-Knox County high school football squad. The offensive and defensive units include 13 players each plus there are four “special team” players. Head coaches at the...
by design | Dec 12, 2021 | Columnist, Ferguson, Stories In This Week's Focus:
People do not voluntarily give up their freedoms unless they are afraid. –Dan Bongino By Dr. Jim Ferguson Becky and I have done many self-driving tours in our travels. We’ve driven around Spain, Ireland and Scotland to name just a few. Driving in foreign...
by design | Dec 12, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Since 1986 Geoffrey P. Emery has served at Knox County Sessions Judge Division II. He announced his retirement and December 31st will be his final day on the bench. On Friday he was honored in a ceremony in the small...
