by design | Nov 29, 2021 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely It’s a great time to get out in the cool weather and take the family for a ride. There are a lot of interesting places to see within a few miles of Knoxville. Old Washington in Rhea County was a small community that was the county seat. Judge David...
by design | Nov 29, 2021 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com They strolled across the wooded area pecking at the ground for food. They were in no hurry, and they did not seem stressed. The beautiful wild turkeys were totally unaware of the COVID pandemic assaulting our world. ...
by design | Nov 29, 2021 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly Despite the best of preparation and intentions, there are days and nights in various stadia that seem longer than most, when everything that can go wrong does. On Oct. 11, 1980, Tennessee was in the final stages of defeating Georgia Tech at...
by design | Nov 29, 2021 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi When the 2021 football season got underway for the Tennessee Volunteers, expectations were extremely low. Jeremy Pruitt had been fired as head coach, and athletics director Phillip Fulmer was forced to retire. An NCAA investigation into recruiting...
by design | Nov 29, 2021 | The Daily Focus
Emerald Academy, Knoxville’s first and only public charter school, has been named “Charter School of the Year” by the Tennessee Charter School Center at the 2021 Charter Champion Awards which took place on Monday, November 15. The School of the Year award is...
by design | Nov 29, 2021 | Public Notice
Court Notices NON-RESIDENT NOTICE TO: FOUR SIDE SOLUTIONS, LLC. IN RE: ALZAINA SHAMS ALDEEN VS FOUR SIDE SOLUTIONS LLC AND JOHN KIGANDA 202250-1 IN THE CHANCERY COURT FOR KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEE In this cause, it appearing from the Complaint filed, which...
by design | Nov 28, 2021 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
From Batboy to Congressman to Published Book Author Congratulations, Jimmy Duncan! By Steve Hunley, Publisher publisher@knoxfocus.com The Knoxville Focus is extraordinarily proud to have former congressman Jimmy Duncan as a regular columnist and would like to...
by design | Nov 28, 2021 | Black, Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com Back in 2012 in my now inactive blog (haroldblack.blogspot.com) I asked “Is Joe Biden a racist?” I noted his long history of making racist remarks. Those remarks along with a record in the Senate of opposing busing, opposing...
by design | Nov 28, 2021 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley A Strange Event Evidently Christine Cruz recently held some kind of event at Cherokee Country Club. Originally billed as a “Let Freedom Ring Fundraiser,” it was to feature Robby Starbuck from Nashville, who is a candidate for Congress. Thing is the...
by design | Nov 28, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Cordell Hull, Secretary of State under Franklin D. Roosevelt, had simmered for years with resentment due to having been marginalized by the president. Yet Roosevelt depended upon Hull’s reservoir of good will with both the Congress and the American...
