by design | Sep 19, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mark Nagi The Fulton Falcons didn’t look much like the Fulton Falcons the past couple of seasons. But the youngsters that experienced all those losses have grown up in a big way. On Thursday, September 16, the Falcons scored five touchdowns in the first half, on...
by design | Sep 19, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill For twenty years, Tennessee’s Second Congressional District had been served in the United States House of Representatives by J. Will Taylor. “Hillbilly Bill” Taylor was also the last congressman elected from this district who either did not live or later...
by design | Sep 19, 2021 | Columnist, Duncan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com As regular readers of this column know, I recently lost my sweet wife, Lynn, certainly the toughest thing I have ever been through. But I feel guilty in writing that because her last few months were hundreds of times tougher...
by design | Sep 19, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Throwback items sustain memory of four schools By Steve Williams South of the river, there have been a total of five Knoxville city and Knox County high schools over the years. Young High (1913-1976), South High (1951-1976), Doyle High (1967-1991) and South-Young High...
by design | Sep 19, 2021 | Columnist, Ferguson, Stories In This Week's Focus:
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” –Edmund Burke By Dr. Jim Ferguson Some years ago, a friend told me that she once worked for a casino as a shill. I was clueless, so I went to the dictionary. Webster defines a shill as...
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By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Last week Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon took a walk in the Vestal Community as part of her “Mayor’s Night Out” series. She started in at 6 p.m. in the Vestal Gateway Park and walked to the Mary Vestal Park Pavilion....
by design | Sep 19, 2021 | Black, Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com Joe Biden’s COVID speech was one of the most disturbing talks I have ever heard from any politician much less the president of the United States. In it he expressed more indignation towards unvaccinated Americans than he did...
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By Steve Williams Webb School’s football team has an open date this week. No doubt the Spartans will enjoy their come-from-behind victory at Christian Academy of Knoxville just a little longer than usual before getting back to work. Coach David Meske’s Spartans scored...
by design | Sep 19, 2021 | The Daily Focus
To enable voters to hear the candidates respond to questions about important issues in the Nov. 2, 2021, City Council General Election, the League of Women Voters of Knoxville/Knox Co. is sponsoring a candidate forum in partnership with American Muslim Advisory...
by design | Sep 19, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:, The Daily Focus
The fall outdoor movie series kicks off on October 1 with “The Karate Kid” City of Knoxville and Knox County Public Library have teamed up again to bring free outdoor movies to the Midway at Chilhowee Park this fall. “The Karate Kid” staring...
