by design | Nov 18, 2019 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I’m a fan of many types of music. And I’m not alone in this appreciation which can at times be almost visceral. In fact, “music,” in the form of beating, drumming or rhythmic sounds predates human speech. The first sounds heard are those of a...
by Mike Steely | Nov 18, 2019 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely I took my wife and grandson to East Towne Mall recently, just after the owners announced it was closing at the end of January. Belk, the only big-box store left there, had announced it is closing this month and that store was packed with shoppers...
by Steve Williams | Nov 18, 2019 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams A Tennessee football team that got off to one of the worse starts in school history now has a chance to have the best finish ever. From 0-2 and 1-4, including the embarrassing loss to Georgia State in the season opener, to a 5-5 record, that’s how...
by Joe Rector | Nov 18, 2019 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector I’m not about to enter an argument about the benefits of technology in our lives. That argument would be voided by the fact that I’m using the thing about which I rail to write my rant. So, instead of downing these wonders of modern life, I’ll recall how...
by design | Nov 18, 2019 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore In 1886, thirty-four yeas before women in the U.S. earned the right to vote, Avon’s founder, David H. McConnell, helped give them the chance to earn an independent income. He didn’t set out to create a beauty company. In fact, McConnell was a...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Nov 18, 2019 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan When individuals or business come to me and state that they want to sue someone for money they are owed, one of the topics I always cover with them is, does this person have any money? Or another way to put it, if we go to trial and win a big...
by design | Nov 18, 2019 | Public Notice
NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, by Deed of Trust dated May 30, 2013, recorded in Instrument#: 201305310078660 of the Deed of Trust Records of Knox County, Tennessee, AHB ENTERPRISES, INC, conveyed to Steven J. Greene, as Trustee, the property...
by design | Nov 17, 2019 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Clayton Science Center plans to be presented By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The proposed Knoxville Science Museum for the grounds of the Knoxville Civic Auditorium and Coliseum was contingent on the city acquiring another location for the police...
by Steve Hunley | Nov 17, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley For years there has been a tug and pull about out of school time programs and whether or not it benefits the students. It will likely not surprise you some of those most solidly opposed to out of school time programs are some folks and the public...
by design | Nov 17, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Amy Box Fellhoelter The hustle and bustle of Market Square on Nov. 9th was full of Christmas shoppers, football fans, and farmer’s market patrons, but among the downtown crowds was a room full of Girls Scouts hoping to make someone else’s holiday season a little...
