by design | Apr 2, 2019 | The Daily Focus
Due to scheduling conflicts, the Knoxville-Farragut-Knox County Growth Policy Plan Committee meeting originally scheduled for 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, has been postponed. A new meeting will be set as soon as possible. The committee includes: City of...
by Mike Steely | Apr 1, 2019 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely Did I tell you we collect cups? Yep, souvenir cups from hundreds of places my wife and I have visited around the country. Cups from state and national parks, cups from commercial attractions, and cups from places like the Coke Museum in Atlanta, Macy’s...
by design | Apr 1, 2019 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson One of the most moving scenes in the movie Les Miserables, is when the protagonist, Jean Valjean, comes to grips with his salvation as a result of God’s grace. After nineteen years of imprisonment and abuse, Valjean had become an animalistic,...
by Steve Williams | Apr 1, 2019 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Grant Williams already has become one of the most popular players in University of Tennessee basketball history. But he could take that fame to a much higher level, if he were to decide to come back and play one more season for the Vols as a senior....
by Mark Nagi | Apr 1, 2019 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman On Wednesday, March 27, the University of Tennessee announced that Holly Warlick was relieved of her duties as Lady Vols basketball coach. “Holly and I met this afternoon, and I informed her of the decision to change leadership within the...
by Ralphine Major | Apr 1, 2019 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major It stands on the grounds of the Gibbs Ruritan Park near the highway. The day I visited the free little library, both shelves were chock-full of books! Free Little Libraries have sprung up all across the nation in recent years with the creative idea...
by design | Apr 1, 2019 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore Many months ago I wrote about Durham, North Carolina, where my son and his family reside. Once again I visited there and, although he still lives there, I have two granddaughters who now live in Raleigh, North Carolina, so I decided to write about it....
by Joe Rector | Apr 1, 2019 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector I don’t know about you, but I’m exhausted. The last two years have been filled with reports, lies, indictments, and now, exoneration. My head is spinning from it all. What lies ahead? I didn’t vote for this president, and to be honest, I don’t like him....
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Apr 1, 2019 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan Okay, so maybe you were driving faster than you should have been. You see the blue lights behind you. Let’s walk through the do’s and don’ts from that point forward. Do: Pull over as soon as possible. Pull way over, not just barely out of the...
by Steve Hunley | Apr 1, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley
There is too much at stake to get this wrong By Steve Hunley, Publisher publisher@knoxfocus.com How should Knoxville residential and commercial property owners respond to the rewriting of fifty years of Knoxville City Zoning code that defines and protects their...
