by design | Dec 3, 2024 | The Daily Focus
KUB Offers Utility Savings and Safety Tips for Winter Heating accounts for most utility usage and cost in colder months, resulting in higher bills KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – With cooler temperatures on the way, KUB customers can expect to see their utility usage increase,...
by design | Dec 2, 2024 | Black, Columnist
Department of Government Efficiency? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com To the list of well-known oxymorons add “government efficiency.” Like “military intelligence” or “civil war” the term “government efficiency” defies...
by design | Dec 2, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
Netanyahu Indicted For Crimes Against Humanity By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was indicted by the International Criminal Court on November 21 for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The U.S. is not a member of...
by design | Dec 2, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘He was as good to me as anybody in my lifetime’ By Tom Mattingly Over the years, it hasn’t mattered how players ended up at Tennessee to play football. It didn’t matter who you were, or what your “credentials” were. Once players arrived in Knoxville, they...
by design | Dec 2, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson
The Movement The culture of fear is lifting. Dan Bongino. By Dr. Jim Ferguson When I told editor Becky the title of this week’s column, she quipped, “You better inform people the title has no reference to bowel function.” Even jokes are again possible! Have you sensed...
by design | Dec 2, 2024 | Public Notice
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by design | Dec 2, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Support for Tennesseans facing grief, loss during holiday season By Danielle Smith, Tennessee News Service ‘Tis the season for celebration and good cheer. However, for many Tennesseans, the absence of a loved one, whether through death, divorce or another...
by design | Dec 1, 2024 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
26th Annual Holiday Festival of Lights at the Cove opens tonight Knox County will cut the ribbon on the 26th annual Holiday Festival of Lights at The Cove at Concord Park (11808 S. Northshore Drive) during a family-friendly event at 6 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 2....
by design | Dec 1, 2024 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Governor Hochul Needs To Go New York Governor Kathy Hochul is either tone deaf or just plain stupid. Congressman Richie Torres, a Democrat who says he might challenge her in the primary, slammed the reimagined criminal justice...
by design | Dec 1, 2024 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Powell second grade team is impressive in title run By Steve Williams Powell’s second grade football team caught Brian Cole’s eye this season. The commissioner of Powell Youth Football appreciated what he was seeing from Coach Charlie Fox’s team. “As I watched his...