by design | Jun 17, 2019 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I am Trinitarian in my faith, but also philosophically. I maintain that four choices are often too many and two are not enough. Three seems about right to me. My wife Becky says I can find three options for almost any situation. My father was a...
by Mark Nagi | Jun 17, 2019 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman By the time you read this article, there will be less than 75 days to go until the Tennessee Volunteers open the 2019 season on August 31st at home against Georgia State. And there isn’t very much chatter about it. I’ve lived in Knoxville for nearly 20...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Jun 17, 2019 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan This question seems to come up quite a bit on TV. Someone is about to sell drugs to an undercover cop and the drug dealer says to the cop, “If I ask you if you are a cop, you have to tell me, right?” No, no, no! I have no idea where this came...
by design | Jun 17, 2019 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore I grew up with Shirley Temple. I adored her, saw most of her movies, and emulated her as much as possible, all except for the shining curls because my hair was straight as a stick. She was four years older than me, born in California in 1928. She got...
by Ralphine Major | Jun 17, 2019 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major It is a fascinating plant to watch. The beautiful white petals with deep-red markings open up wide in the morning as if to greet a new day. A bush with only a single Rose of Sharon flower may be covered with blooms by day’s end. But after they...
by Joe Rector | Jun 17, 2019 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Yesterday was Father’s Day. I spent some time with son Dallas and talked on the phone with daughter Lacey and Josh Fritts, a former student whom my family claimed as one of our own when he was a junior in high school, thirty years ago. Most of the day,...
by design | Jun 16, 2019 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Sapngler Golf Classic ‘blessed’ by friends, family, weather and turnout By Steve Williams The second Tom Spangler Golf Classic “doubled” in size and the weather Friday at Three Ridges Golf Course to benefit first-year Knox County Sheriff Spangler couldn’t...
by Steve Hunley | Jun 16, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley On Friday, June 14, Knoxville city councilman and current mayoral candidate Marshall Stair was interviewed on the WETR 92.3 FM radio program “Knoxville Morning News.” A caller asked Mr. Stair to please find out how Recode would affect residential...
by design | Jun 16, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The Knoxville Focus likes to sit and chat with public officials, private citizens, or just about anyone we find of interest. Rick Emmett is Knoxville’s downtown coordinator and has served under four mayors. The Kentucky native...
by Ray Hill | Jun 16, 2019 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Edward Hull Crump, master of the machine that ruled Memphis and Shelby County for decades, held a variety of elected offices – – – Mayor of Memphis, county Trustee, but most have forgotten he was also elected to Congress. Elective...
