by design | Aug 18, 2020 | The Daily Focus
~ from UTAD Tennessee football opened preparations for the 2020 season with its first official preseason practice on Monday afternoon, the same day the Southeastern Conference unveiled the full 2020 schedule dates. The Vols spent two hours in helmets and shorts and...
by design | Aug 17, 2020 | The Daily Focus
TDOT, TDEC and KTnB Partner to Spread Awareness In response to the current pandemic, the Tennessee Department of Transportation is announcing a new partnership with the Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation and Keep Tennessee Beautiful...
by design | Aug 17, 2020 | Public Notice
COURT NOTICES NON-RESIDENT NOTICE TO: LINDSEY JOHNSON; IN RE: LELAND MICHAEL RICKELS 199944-2 IN THE CHANCERY COURT FOR KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEE In this Cause appearing from the Complaint filed, which is sworn to, that the defendant LINDSEY JOHNSON is a...
by design | Aug 17, 2020 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson As my readers know I like words; not just to be pedantic (bookish), but pedagogical (educational), because I’m a teacher at heart. Previously I’ve noted that the word doctor derives from the Latin word docere, which means to teach. I teach medical...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Aug 17, 2020 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan When I speak to personal injury clients about their cases, they will occasionally tell me something like, “well, this should be an easy case, but I saw them out there fixing the broken step I fell on the very next step.” Why would this be...
by Joe Rector | Aug 17, 2020 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector The image stunned me: a mile and a half line of traffic in the Dallas area. The vehicles were lined up down the road from a large parking lot. There, boxes of food were being distributed to people who were in need. All races, all ages, and all social...
by design | Aug 17, 2020 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore The closer someone in a royal family is to the throne, the more the public hears about him or her. Others are almost forgotten. The British royal family has a line of succession that includes nearly sixty people. One of them is Lord Frederic Windsor,...
by Ralphine Major | Aug 17, 2020 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com If the name sounds familiar—it should. For years, the late Bill and Dora Staley were well known in the Gibbs Community. Dora was cafeteria manager at Gibbs High School. Thanks to the Staleys’ great-granddaughter, there is...
by design | Aug 16, 2020 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Pressure? New Central head coach says he’s excited By Steve Williams The season opener is days away and his feelings could change as kickoff time nears Friday night. After all, Central’s football team has won back-to-back Class 5A state championships and it will be...
by Steve Hunley | Aug 16, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Interesting Factoid… New York governor Andrew Cuomo is begging for wealthy folks to return to the Empire State, which was ravaged by the coronavirus. Why does the guv want wealthy New Yorkers to come back home? “A single percent of New York’s...
