by design | Jan 11, 2021 | The Daily Focus
~ from PK Hope is Alive Parkinson’s Support Group PK Hope is Alive Parkinson’s Support Group along with Jim Brown would like to wish everyone a Happy and Health New Year! Our monthly meeting of the Oak Ridge Parkinson’s Support group will gather again on a Zoom...
by Jim Ferguson | Jan 11, 2021 | Columnist, Ferguson
A nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved. It is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins. Benjamin Franklin By Dr. Jim Ferguson January 6th is Epiphany in the ecclesiastical...
by Mike Steely | Jan 11, 2021 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely Ever visit a beautiful waterfall located inside a city? Noccalula Falls Park is in Gadsden, Alabama, just a few minutes off Interstate 59 and about an hour and a half south of Chattanooga. The city park’s 250 acres features a 90-foot waterfall, an...
by Mark Nagi | Jan 11, 2021 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi Well, it is that time again. Time to get out the crystal ball and make some predictions on the year ahead in sports. Some are actual predictions… some are tongue in cheek. It’s a fun game figuring out which are which! Let’s light this candle. In January,...
by Tom Mattingly | Jan 11, 2021 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly Over the course of the University of Tennessee football program’s history, there are connections that aren’t readily apparent, but they make sense once you realize what they are and how they manifest themselves. These connections go back to the 1930s,...
by Joe Rector | Jan 11, 2021 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Good-bye 2020! I’m glad you’re gone. The past year has been one of the worst that I have spent in my life. Others with whom I’ve talked feel the same way, and too many experienced the loss of loved ones to this pandemic during the year. That makes my...
by Ralphine Major | Jan 11, 2021 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major Since 1982 it has been a landmark along Knoxville’s beautiful skyline. The big, shiny ball sitting high in the air atop a pedestal is one of the most recognized symbols of the 1982 World’s Fair. Postcards, pictures, and tiny replicas of the structure...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Jan 11, 2021 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan There may be a time when you make some bad decisions and end up in jail. While there, you may make a phone call to a friend or family member and talk about what happened. Are the police listening to your phone calls? They are. Let’s unpack this...
by John Duncan | Jan 11, 2021 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. Thanks to the kindness of the people of East Tennessee, I had the privilege of working in our Nation’s Capital for over 30 years. I have walked the halls of that Capitol building and have participated in meetings there thousands of times. So, you...
by design | Jan 11, 2021 | Public Notice
NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE Sale WHEREAS default has occurred in the payment of a debt due David L. Aiken & wife Judy L. Aiken, secured by a Deed of Trust dated 10/24/19, from Ashley F. Carpenter, and recorded at Inst. # 201910250028492, in the Register’s Office...
