by design | Dec 28, 2020 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. George Will, the longtime conservative columnist, once wrote the neo-conservatives were “magnificently misnamed” and were really the “most radical people in this city,” meaning Washington. The most “magnificently misnamed” people today are the...
by design | Dec 27, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Fountain City Auction opens year with Advertisement Auction By Ken Lay Fountain City Auction will soon begin the New Year with its biggest event of 2021. On Saturday, January 2, it will host its 16th annual Advertisement Auction. But COVID-19 has made things a little...
by Steve Hunley | Dec 27, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Mayor Crazy Bill DeBlasio, whose real name is William Wilhelm, Jr., is the perfect chief executive for a crazy town, because he is clearly the kind of nut-cake that could feed the squirrels of the world for quite some time. Of course these days he has...
by design | Dec 27, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams The Battle in Rocky Top youth football tournament turned 15 years old this season and “it’s really grown,” said Josh Jones, who started the tourney in 2006. Jones, a former longtime local youth coach who now is the quarterbacks coach and...
by Ray Hill | Dec 27, 2020 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill In the twentieth century, only four nominees to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States have been rejected; all were the nominees of a Republican president and three of the four were rejected by Democrats, who controlled the United States...
by design | Dec 27, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Local high school teams and student-athletes were ready and eager to help during the holidays this year like they normally do, but with the pandemic, this hasn’t been a normal year. Therefore, their community service wasn’t needed as some...
by Tom Mattingly | Dec 27, 2020 | Columnist, Mattingly, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Tom Mattingly On October 27, 1928, Maj. Bob Neyland was in the midst of his first tenure as Volunteer head coach. The Vols had defeated Alabama the week before in Tuscaloosa, 15-13, led by Gene McEver’s 98-yard return of the opening kickoff. Neyland’s charges were...
by design | Dec 27, 2020 | The Daily Focus
Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC) has been awarded 25 additional Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Mainstream Housing Choice Voucher Program to help non-elderly, disabled residents...
by design | Dec 26, 2020 | The Daily Focus
By Mike Steely Speaking before the Knox County Pension Board on Monday, Attorney John Owings said that the Etters vs. Knox County suit is “pretty much on hold” since last month. He said all court actions are almost “at a screeching halt” and he...
by design | Dec 24, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:, The Daily Focus
County Offices Closed Thursday, Friday Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs plans to share a holiday message at 8 a.m. Friday, Dec. 25. The message will be posted Mayor and County’s social media accounts. Please note, COVID-19 testing at the Knox County Health...
