by Jim Ferguson | Mar 15, 2021 | Columnist, Ferguson
Fools don’t change, don’t take correction, don’t take responsibility, and don’t adjust to truth. Instead they skew the facts and rewrite history to justify their behavior.’ Henry Cloud By Dr. Jim Ferguson The insanity worsens every day. Surrealism is an art movement...
by Mike Steely | Mar 15, 2021 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely Our region has seen a multitude of military forts built here and there, from early settlement through the Civil War. Some have been restored, like Fort Southwest Point in Kingston and Fort Loudoun near Vonore, but some have been all but forgotten....
by design | Mar 15, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
COURT NOTICES Non-Resident NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR UNION COUNTY, TENNESSEE JAMES TODD SHOPE and MARLENA GRACE SHOPE, Petitioners, v. RACHAEL LOUISE COCHRAN, Respondents. Case No. 3836 In this cause, it appearing from the Petition...
by design | Mar 14, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Vestal neighborhood moving forward By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com South Knoxville is moving forward with many improvements in the Vestal neighborhood. Some of the improvements were discussed last week in a Zoom meeting of the Vestal Community...
by Steve Hunley | Mar 14, 2021 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Local Democrats were quick to squall over the election of Daniel Herrera as chairman of the Knox County Republican Party. When was the last time the Knox County Democratic Party elected a young Hispanic as the local leader of their own party? It was...
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By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Looking for the best auto repairs by a local family-owned and operated business? For all around repairs and maintenance of all makes of vehicles you can’t beat Fountain City Auto Clinic at 2823 Woodrow Drive. Tammie...
by Ray Hill | Mar 14, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
“Live so that when you die, even the undertaker will be sorry.” Sign that hung in the business office of Jim Cummings. By Ray Hill James H. Cummings is likely a name unfamiliar to most readers, but during his time he was a power and a man to be reckoned with. When he...
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By Steve Williams The coaching staff set the tone and the senior class took it from there. And as usual, even in an unusual year, Bearden High School took top honors in two categories in the 2020-21 TSSAA Dance Championships. This year Bearden won state titles in...
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By Steve Williams A young Fulton boys basketball team hung with host Greeneville’s veteran group for only about half of the opening period in its TSSAA Class AA State Sectional game March 8. The Falcons led 2-0 and 7-5 in the early going before senior point guard and...
by design | Mar 14, 2021 | The Daily Focus
Have you wondered what is happening at the old St. Mary’s Hospital site? The last weekday in February was nicknamed “Pour Day,” because that was the day when Al Blankenship Enterprises employees poured 100 cubic yards of concrete at the Public...