by Tom Mattingly | Sep 14, 2020 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly It was on a Sunday night, Dec. 1, 1963, and into the wee hours of Monday morning, Dec. 2, that sportswriters, such as the News-Sentinel’s Marvin West, were doing everything they could to find out about Arkansas assistant coach Doug Dickey. Dickey, six...
by design | Sep 14, 2020 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, I was in my office in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington when Bert Robinson, a member of my staff from Athens, opened the door and told me to turn on the television because a plane had just...
by design | Sep 14, 2020 | The Daily Focus
Parrott-Wood Memorial Library wants to announce new COVID-19 hours. The new hours are designed to suit the needs of school-age children who will be doing virtual classes. Director Donna Phillips states she would like the parents to call 865-933-1311 to set up a time...
by Ralphine Major | Sep 14, 2020 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major “I am a product of the coalfields of West Virginia, where I was born in Dehue, Logan County. The combination of time and place could, in itself, explain why I grew to be a political and fiscal conservative. Growing up through the Great Depression...
by design | Sep 14, 2020 | Public Notice
COURT NOTICES NON-RESIDENT NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR BLOUNT COUNTY, TENNESSEE No. CE-29119 In Re: Peyton Alexis Willis Errica Monique Willis Parks and Dustin Dewayne Parks Petitioner(s) vs. Darren Tarveres Filer Respondent(s) In this cause, it appearing from the...
by Joe Rector | Sep 14, 2020 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector This past Wednesday was my wife’s birthday. She enjoyed the presents, but most of all, Amy wanted to take a trip some place. She calls it a chance to let her eyes see something new. The treks we begin don’t have to be long ones; she’s happy just driving...
by design | Sep 14, 2020 | Columnist, Ferguson
“Those who say they have no interest in the affairs of the polis (city-state), we say they have no business here at all.” (paraphrased from The Funeral Oration) Pericles of Athens 490 BC By Dr. Jim Ferguson I like alliteration and lately I have been considering...
by design | Sep 13, 2020 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
9/11 Victims Remembered By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Knoxville Police Chaplain Pam Neal kicked off Knoxville and Knox County’s 9/11 Memorial Ceremonies Friday with a talk and a prayer. A crowd of about 100 assembled in front of the City-County...
by Steve Hunley | Sep 13, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Bought Jim Haslam’s Book Last Wednesday night, on the way home from the office, I stopped at a Pilot store and bought my personal copy of the book Jim Haslam has written, “Co-Piloting.” The forward, written by Mr. Haslam’s son, former governor Bill...
by Mike Steely | Sep 13, 2020 | Columnist, Steely, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely Appalachia is a curious place to many people with its own language of sorts. Being somewhat isolated from the rest of the nation mostly because of topography the region’s dialect developed somewhat unchanged among the Scotch-Irish settlers. You don’t...
