by Mike Steely | Sep 3, 2019 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely The website “Roadside America” does a pretty good job of listing unusual attractions, sites, and oddities in our nation and Canada. You can pick a state and take a look at everything from Knoxville’s Airplane Filling Station to Alaska’s Igloo City....
by design | Sep 3, 2019 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I once wrote an essay about the modern scourge of AIDS and compared it to the ancient disease we now know as leprosy. Tremendous progress has been made with both diseases, and with modern medicine there is now the prospect of curing HIV...
by Joe Rector | Sep 3, 2019 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector It’s time to speak out. All of us are responsible for the actions of our government because (in too many cases it’s shameful) we elected the folks who are supposedly representing us. Silence is equivalent to support and alliance with the terrible things...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Sep 3, 2019 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan So, you are driving down the road to your house, minding your own business, and an animal darts out in front of you. You simply do not have time to swerve and you hit the animal, and unfortunately, you kill it. You may be heart broken, you may...
by Ralphine Major | Sep 3, 2019 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major It was once the center of activity in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee. The Old Knox County Courthouse located on the corner of Gay Street and Main once housed the courts and offices of elected government officials. When I started working for Attorneys...
by design | Sep 3, 2019 | The Daily Focus
The Knox County Extension Master Gardeners will present a class called Cover Crops – Yes You Should! from 1:30 – 2:30 p.m., Saturday, September 7, at Bearden Branch Library. Join Master Gardner Marsha Lehman to learn why and how. Free and open to the...
by design | Sep 2, 2019 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Mannis wins primary, faces Kincannon in November By Ken Lay Eddie Mannis may have been the top vote getter in Tuesday night’s Knoxville City mayoral primary. But he knows his work is far from done. “The hard work is just beginning,” Mannis said in his speech to...
by Steve Hunley | Sep 2, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley The results of the City of Knoxville election presents a clear choice for voters. The two top vote-getters in the mayoral primary election were businessman Eddie Mannis and former Board of Education member Indya Kincannon. Mannis, a first-time...
by design | Sep 2, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The annual reorganization of the Knox County Commission came into question at last week’s work session as three members said they may not be at the planned September 3 meeting. Commissioner Michele Carringer, who said recently her...
by Ray Hill | Sep 2, 2019 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Prentice Cooper, former three-time governor of Tennessee, had been on the comeback trail in a crowded primary election to win the Democratic nomination to claim his residency in the governor’s mansion. While some might have discounted the wealthy former...
