by design | Nov 8, 2021 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major Occasionally, I still see images in the news and on social media about him. It has been over two months since the tragedy in faraway Afghanistan that claimed the lives of 13 brave Americans. On November 11, our nation pauses to honor our veterans...
by design | Nov 8, 2021 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Tuesday brought me great joy. The Atlanta Braves won the World Series after a 26-year hiatus. The team missed the opportunity to put the Astros away on Sunday, but a surprising number of Atlanta fans were at Tuesday’s game to celebrate along with...
by design | Nov 8, 2021 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi If you go to a Powell Panthers football practice, Walter Nolen is pretty much impossible to miss. And college scouts certainly aren’t missing him. The Powell defensive lineman is a consensus 5-star prospect, and one of the top recruits in the nation....
by design | Nov 8, 2021 | Public Notice
Court Notices Non-resident Notice 2021-CV-196 IN THE CHANCERY COURT FOR CAMPBELL COUNTY. TENNESSEE Sebastian George Anthony Bodanza, a citizen and resident of Campbell County, Tennessee, Plaintiff, V Yarina Cabrera Berben, a citizen and resident...
by design | Nov 8, 2021 | The Daily Focus
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The Knox County Commission meets a week earlier during November because of the upcoming holidays and two items on the Work Session agenda today involve the Advisory Board of Health. That group replaced the Board of...
by design | Nov 7, 2021 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Multi-use stadium before commission By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Another step in the approval of a multi-use stadium in Knoxville’s Old City is before the Knox County Commission today. The commissioners are being asked by Mayor Glenn Jacobs and...
by design | Nov 7, 2021 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley On Sunday, October 22, 1989, Jacob Wetterling was riding his bike home from a convenience store where he had gone with his brother Trevor and a friend, Aaron Larson. The boys had gone to rent a video. On the way home, the boys were confronted by a man...
by design | Nov 7, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams It’s been a football season like no other for Karns High. The Beavers made history in two categories in their dramatic 27-25 Class 5A playoff win over a talented and speedy Walker Valley team Friday night at the R.T. Everette Sports Complex....
by design | Nov 7, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill I am oftentimes asked about Tennessee’s most enduring statesmen or politicians. Without a doubt, the two most enduring political figures in Tennessee’s modern political history are Kenneth D. McKellar and Cordell Hull. McKellar and Hull were contemporaries...
by design | Nov 7, 2021 | Columnist, Duncan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com The fastest growing political movement in the U.S. and around the world today is a movement against forced vaccinations. And it is a political movement because the left politicized the Covid vaccine right from the start....
