by design | Jun 14, 2021 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector I remember when Amy and I were young. We married in December 1974 and moved into UT student housing on New Year’s Day. Our first place was a concrete block box with a concrete slab that was covered with some of the ugliest and cheapest carpet ever made....
by design | Jun 14, 2021 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi By the time you are reading this, Tennessee’s baseball team will have won their Super Regional and advanced to their first College World Series since 2005. Or they will have been knocked out of the postseason, ending a terrific campaign a step shy of...
by design | Jun 14, 2021 | The Daily Focus
PK Hope is Alive Parkinson’s Support Group will hold this month’s meeting in-person in Oak Ridge Tuesday, June 15 at the Central Baptist Church in their Combs Hall, 130 Providence Rd, Oak Ridge 37830 from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Featured speaker will be Dr. Luis...
by design | Jun 14, 2021 | Public Notice
FORECLOSURE NOTICE NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, by Deed of Trust dated January 24, 2018, recorded in Instrument Number 201902150048381, of the Deed of Trust Records of Knox County, Tennessee, Total Automotive Protection Plan, LLC, a...
by design | Jun 13, 2021 | Archived Editions, Archives, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Carlson calls out Kincannon By Steve Hunley, Publisher publisher@knoxfocus.com Last Wednesday night, Knoxville got some unexpected national publicity. Tucker Carlson hosts the highest rated talk show on cable television. In his broadcast, Carlson said, “The formerly...
by design | Jun 13, 2021 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley When Daniel Herrera was elected Chairman of the Knox County Republican Party, it ushered in a new age. At least that was the inference. Emails from Herrera routinely herald the fact “This ain’t your grandfather’s Republican Party anymore.” That much...
by design | Jun 13, 2021 | Columnist, Duncan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By John J. Duncan Jr. Dr. Anthony Fauci should not be regarded as some sort of God-like, heroic figure. In fact, the real hero is Sen. Rand Paul for having the courage to expose Dr. Fauci’s misinformation, wrong decisions, bad advice, and straight lies. Fauci somehow...
by design | Jun 13, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Carroll Reece, congressman from Tennessee’s First District for a decade, had been upset in the 1930 election by Oscar Byrd Lovette, the former district attorney for a few counties surrounding Greene County. Lovette’s victory had been highly improbable;...
by design | Jun 13, 2021 | Black, Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Dr. Harold A. Black In a previous column I wondered whether the forces that bind such a diverse collection of citizens could rend asunder causing states to secede or partition. The last state that was partitioned was with the unconstitutional creation of West...
by design | Jun 13, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams A football injury caused Tommy Sweat to miss quite a bit of playing time in football and basketball his junior year, but it also may have opened another door for his future in the world of sports. Tommy is interested in becoming a sports broadcaster....
