by Jedidiah McKeehan | Mar 23, 2020 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan Occasionally, in my travels through the internet I will come across an article that lists out quirky laws that exist in different places. This might be hard to believe, but Tennessee has some quirky laws that are still on the books. One of...
by Ralphine Major | Mar 23, 2020 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major The magnitude of our nation’s most recent health crisis has been mind boggling. Only one week ago I was writing about what I thought was big news—no fans would be allowed at the NCAA Basketball Tournaments. That seems like a year ago. ...
by design | Mar 23, 2020 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore Full of depression? Depressed? Angry? Wondering what is going on? Well, don’t be. Listen to what God says: “In the middle of my pain, loving Father, sometimes there are no words I can bring to you-only groans of anguish, tears of sorrow,...
by design | Mar 23, 2020 | COVID-19, The Daily Focus
In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Tennessee Department of Education is partnering with Hoonuit to make available a school meal site finder, SchoolMealFinder.com, for Tennessee families to find the closest meal pick up program available to them. “We know...
by design | Mar 22, 2020 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Hardin Valley, other area soccer teams assist Cookeville’s cleanup effort By Ken Lay The Coronavirus pandemic has halted area high school athletics but several area soccer teams recently came together to help in the relief effort after recent tornadoes wrought heavy...
by design | Mar 22, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The Knox County Commission has a resolution agreement with Knoxville Jewish Alliance to honor an East Tennessean who saved more than 200 American Jewish soldiers. Master Sergeant Rodrick (Roddy) Edmonds was not...
by design | Mar 22, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
TSSAA’s Childress offers some hope By Steve Williams If things had gone as planned, Addison Ragland and the Hardin Valley Academy softball team would have spent spring break week playing in a tournament at Gulf Shores, Ala. But Addison, instead, found herself in a...
by Ray Hill | Mar 22, 2020 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill With the sudden death of U. S. senator William Brimage Bate, Tennessee would send someone else to the Senate. Bate had died just days after being sworn-in for his fourth term. Indeed, only two men had ever been elected to serve a fourth term in the...
by design | Mar 22, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Nathan Nease said there was a “buzz” about one team in the City of Knoxville’s youth basketball program this season. Nease, the Athletics Coordinator of the Knoxville Parks and Recreation Department, was referring to the Falcons Orange 10-and-under...
by design | Mar 22, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Imagine you are traveling by horse, carriage or stage in the early 1800s. You’ve come from North Carolina headed into East Tennessee and you come to the Holston River. How will you cross the water? There are no...
