by Jedidiah McKeehan | Mar 25, 2019 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan To this day, if someone asks me what the hardest thing I have ever done in my life is, I answer that it was taking and passing the Bar exam to become a lawyer. So how do you get to the point where you are taking the Bar exam anyway? So, if someone...
by design | Mar 25, 2019 | The Daily Focus
OAK RIDGE – Safety Fest TN announces that registration is now open for Safety Fest TN 2019. The annual community event offers over 100 free safety classes, sessions, and demonstrations to residents and companies from April 29-May 3. This year’s training will be...
by design | Mar 25, 2019 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson One of my axioms is, “I don’t find stories/essays; they find me.” “The Doctor is in…” is an opinion column, but recently a self-avowed atheist took umbrage at my religion, my opinions and my observations. Public speaking and writing take courage...
by design | Mar 24, 2019 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Safety Center turns one year old By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The Behavioral Health Urgent Care Center, often called the “Safety Center,” marked its first year since opening at 5302 Ball Camp Pike on March 19, 2018. The state, county and city-funded facility...
by Steve Hunley | Mar 24, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Do you recall when quite a few Democrats snorted $6 billion for building a border wall was too expensive? Now Democrats, especially those busy running for president, are backing programs spending trillions of our tax dollars. The first thing that comes to...
by design | Mar 24, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com There are currently at least six Knoxvillians hoping to become the city’s next mayor and it is likely whoever captures the seat will get a higher salary than Mayor Madeline Rogero. Rogero receives $142,500 annually plus a...
by Ray Hill | Mar 24, 2019 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill John Knight Shields, Tennessee’s senior United States senator, had first been elected in 1913. Shields had served for a decade on the Tennessee Supreme Court before becoming the last man to be elected to the U. S. Senate by the state legislature. Shields...
by design | Mar 24, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay Throughout the early part of the 2019 softball season, Halls High School has battled some offensive inconsistency. This, despite the fact, that the Lady Devils have scored 49 runs in their first three games. But Halls took a major step forward when they...
by design | Mar 24, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Fulton High head basketball coach Jody Wright was in the post-game media room with some of his players talking to reporters after the Falcons’ overtime quarterfinal win over Memphis Mitchell in this season’s TSSAA state tournament at MTSU in...
by design | Mar 24, 2019 | The Daily Focus
StatCare Pulmonary Consultants, a leader in the treatment and care of Pulmonary Disease in East Tennessee, is excited to announce the 2nd Annual Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Walk to benefit research with the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation. It is the mission of StatCare...
