by design | Oct 21, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘This field belongs to everybody who identifies with Tennessee tradition’ By Tom Mattingly Morgan Wallen’s recent performances on Shields-Watkins Field elicited justifiable concern from portions of the Vol fan base. What would be the impact of that event...
by design | Oct 21, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson
TDS Difficulties produce perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not fail. Romans 5:3-5 By Dr. Jim Ferguson A friend asked me what I thought was the central issue of this presidential election. Perhaps he was expecting me to say it...
by design | Oct 21, 2024 | Columnist, Steely
Go to Hell in Michigan By Mike Steely Just northwest of Ann Arbor, Michigan, is a small town that might not appeal to many visitors except for during the Halloween season. It’s a little unincorporated community that has made the best of its name, Hell. The devilishly...
by design | Oct 21, 2024 | Columnist, McKeehan
It’s a Crime to Call in a Bomb Threat to Get Out of Taking a Test By Jedidiah McKeehan It is likely you have seen a movie or TV show where a high school or college student in a panic, calls in a bomb threat to the school so they do not have to take a test for which...
by design | Oct 21, 2024 | The Daily Focus
TEC BRINGS RECYCLING ROUNDUP TO KNOX COUNTY Area Residents Invited to Clean Up, Drive Through, and Drop Off Tennessee Environmental Council (TEC) is excited to host their first Recycling Roundup in Knox County thanks to sponsorship funding from Cemex and and the EPA...
by design | Oct 21, 2024 | Public Notice
NON-RESIDENT NOTICE TO: DEVONTE J. BLAIR IN RE: THE ADOPTION OF A MALE CHILD WHOSE NAME FOR PURPOSES OF THESE PROCEEDINGS IS: HADDEN BLAIR, DOB 2/7/2011 By: GABRIEL AND EUGENA MATIAS, Petitioners, vs. MICAELA R. RANGEL, Respondent / Mother, and DEVONTE...
by design | Oct 20, 2024 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Turn Up Knoxville funded after a 7-1 council vote By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Turn Up Knoxville’s two years of violence interruption through street outreach seems to be working as the city reported a more than 30% reduction in homicides...
by design | Oct 20, 2024 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Is Kamala Harris Falling Behind? By Steve Hunley Kamala Harris, feeling she is falling behind, agreed to sit down for an interview with Brett Baier of Fox News, an interviewer who is not heavily biased in her favor.Unlike Whoopee Goldberg and that mummified sock...
by design | Oct 20, 2024 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Did you get an evacuation warning on your phone? By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Did you get an evacuation warning recently during the Western Avenue dynamite incident? While the warning was supposed to be sent out to people in the immediate area of...
by design | Oct 20, 2024 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Idaho’s Conservative: Herman Welker By Ray Hill It’s been 66 years since Herman Welker died and very few outside of his native state of Idaho remember his name. Welker served a single term in the United States Senate, but during his time as a member of the world’s...
