by Mike Steely | Dec 9, 2019 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely Atlanta, Georgia offers lots for a family to do including the Coca Cola museum, the Georgia Aquarium, CNN Studio Tours, and so much more. But if you’re a movie buff there’s a surprising place to find relics and information on filming in the state. The...
by Joe Rector | Dec 9, 2019 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Okay, Thanksgiving is over, so it is now permissible, maybe even legal in some states, for folks to put up Christmas lights, inflatable characters, and trees. Of course, places like Walmart and Home Depot stocked their shelves with these things around...
by Ralphine Major | Dec 9, 2019 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com Gingerbread cookies and hot chocolate, Christmas carols and candy canes, peppermint sticks and poinsettias! It must be Christmas——-almost! Growing up, my brother and I spent most Christmas mornings on the farm. Our...
by design | Dec 9, 2019 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore Because of the holidays, I haven’t had time to think about what to write, so I referred to my little book of “Daily Psalms and Prayers” for this week’s column. Here is what I read for the day after Thanksgiving, which I thought was so appropriate and...
by Mark Nagi | Dec 9, 2019 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman With the early signing period (December 18-20) about to begin, high school football players will soon make their college plans official. For Knoxville Catholic 4-star offensive lineman Cooper Mays, it was a choice he’s been certain of for a...
by Steve Hunley | Dec 9, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, The Daily Focus
By Steve Hunley, Publisher publisher@knoxfocus.com This past Wednesday, December 4, the Knox County School Board held their workshop meeting and discussed moving the Central Office of Knox County Schools from the Andrew Johnson building to the vacant east TVA Tower....
by design | Dec 9, 2019 | Public Notice
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Default having been made by the Debtors in the terms, conditions and payments of a certain purchase-money indebtedness evidenced by a purchase money promissory note and secured by the lien of a Purchase Money Deed of Trust of record in...
by design | Dec 8, 2019 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Judge Irwin Needs Stuffed Animals By Focus Staff Tim Irwin, Judge of the Knox County Juvenile Court, is an imposing man with the demeanor of the grandfather he has become. Irwin began a program years ago, asking the public for donations of stuffed animals. Those...
by Steve Hunley | Dec 8, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley I am pleased to say without any hesitation that Mike McMillan is the best school board member to serve the people of the Eighth District for many, many years. While some might say Mike McMillan is slow and plodding, I would say he is methodical and...
by design | Dec 8, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Central High’s football team went to work early and quickly in pursuit of a second straight TSSAA Class 5A state championship and by evening’s end it had indeed been a Black Friday at Tennessee Tech’s Overall Field. Wearing all black uniforms with...
