by design | Oct 28, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
Overblown emotions on games By Joe Rector (This piece was written a couple of weeks ago, but it continues for sports fans every weekend.) At this moment, I’m sitting on a couch at my daughter’s house in Hendersonville. I’m watching the Vols piddle away a football game...
by design | Oct 28, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
A classic case of getting people’s attention By Tom Mattingly Interesting things can happen when one coach leaves and another takes his place. For the new coach, it’s a classic case of getting people’s attention and showing they mean business. Things get “real.” Very...
by design | Oct 28, 2024 | Columnist, Nagi
Tennessee/Alabama is finally a rivalry By Mark Nagi For 16 years, Nick Saban ruled the world of college football. He built a freight train at Alabama, and at times it felt like it would never run out of gas. There was nowhere that pain was felt more than Knoxville....
by design | Oct 28, 2024 | Black, Columnist
Trump’s tariffs: A Primer By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Donald Trump calls himself the Tariff Man. He loves tariffs and calls them “the greatest thing ever invented.” He wants a 60% tariff on Chinese goods, an across-the-board 20%...
by design | Oct 28, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
Some Of Our Leaders Are Putting Other Countries First By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Some of our leaders seem to care more about other countries, e.g., Ukraine and Israel, than they do about our own. Once again, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has...
by design | Oct 28, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Dogwood Memorabilia Collection Day is tomorrow ~ from Dogwood Arts Tuesday, October 29th from 2-6PM | ORNL FCU (Northshore) We are gearing up to celebrate ‘Seven Decades of Dogwood Arts’ in 2025, and want you to be involved! As a part of the year-long...
by design | Oct 28, 2024 | Public Notice
EAST TENNESSEE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION NEW RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS East Tennessee Housing Development Corporation is soliciting bids from qualified general contractors for the construction of one (1) single-family dwelling under...
by design | Oct 27, 2024 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Rev. Dr. Rocky Ramsey celebrates 40 years at Corryton Church Dr. Rocky Ramsey will complete his fortieth year as pastor of Corryton Church this week. Ramsey began his ministry on Halloween night 1984. Corryton has grown from a local church into an areawide...
by design | Oct 27, 2024 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley City Voters: Vote NO On Amendment 2 Those voting inside the City of Knoxville need to remember there is a very important referendum question at the end of the ballot for consideration. The city government is proposing to change...
by design | Oct 27, 2024 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Matthews has already turned CCS into a winner By Steve Williams Steve Matthews is in the process of putting Concord Christian high school football on the map. Going into Friday’s varsity road game against Chattanooga Grace Academy, the Lions had a 7-1 record,...
