by Mike Steely | Feb 10, 2020 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely From giant sloth fossils to John Sevier and Davy Crockett, the area of East Tennessee is very well represented in the new Tennessee State Museum in Nashville. Located at the end of the Bicentennial Capitol Mall near the state house the state museum is...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Feb 10, 2020 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan We have probably all seen a tv show or a movie where a lawyer is walking down a hallway next to a judge arguing why a judge should make a ruling in their favor. Conspicuously absent from these scenes is the attorney for the other side of the...
by Ralphine Major | Feb 10, 2020 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major It was one of this area’s biggest developments following the 1982 World’s Fair. In 1984, East Towne Mall brought to the east end of Knoxville what West Town gave the west end years earlier. When the two-story structure opened, gravel parking lots...
by Steve Williams | Feb 10, 2020 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Don’t sell short Tennessee’s 69-68 win over Alabama last week. Beating the Crimson Tide in basketball hasn’t come easily for the Vols over the years, not even for some of their best teams. And battling back from 15 points behind in Tuscaloosa as...
by Mark Nagi | Feb 10, 2020 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi The Class of 2020 will not go down as the top recruiting class in Tennessee history. But the 23 student-athletes that have signed with the Vols will go a long way towards filling some gaping holes on this team. At last look, the Vols class had jumped up...
by Joe Rector | Feb 10, 2020 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector As soon as I unzipped the bag, that familiar smell wafted out. It was as strong now as back in the 1960s. I’m not sure what’s in the backpack that I carry to school, Gallatin, and any other traveling destination that created the same odor. Perhaps...
by design | Feb 10, 2020 | Public Notice
Foreclosure Notices NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, on the 23rd day of October, 2013, Anthony Weaver and Travis Weaver conveyed the hereinafter described real property and improvements thereon to Keith D. Stewart, Trustee, by Deed of Trust...
by design | Feb 10, 2020 | The Daily Focus
By Mike Steely Early voting for seven Knox County Commission seats starts on February 12 when voters begin going to the polls to select 7 of the 11 commissioners, a public defender, law director, property assessor, and four school board members. That Primary Election...
by design | Feb 9, 2020 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Large turnout for District 8 Meet and Greet By Ken Lay Local leaders seeking re-election stumped at the Corryton Community and Senior Center Tuesday night. County Commissioner Richie Beeler, Knox County Property Assessor John R. Whitehead and Knox County Law Clerk...
by Steve Hunley | Feb 9, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley National Democrats went to Iowa, spent $50 million and fall down and go boom! And for those of you who quibble with my use of the word “debacle”, I’ll have you know that was precisely how one commentator on NPR – – – National...
