by Jedidiah McKeehan | Jan 7, 2019 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan A term you may have heard of is punitive damages. But what exactly are punitive damages? Punitive damages are those damages that go beyond just compensating a Plaintiff for their injuries, but are designed to punish the Defendant for their...
by Mike Steely | Jan 7, 2019 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely Located between Gatlinburg and Newport and hugging the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains the community of Cosby is different from the tourist-crowded town to its east. The winter is a great time to get out and visit the smaller Smoky Mountain...
by Joe Rector | Jan 7, 2019 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector The New Year is here. I have listened to talk show hosts spout their resolutions for the coming months. I’ve read plenty of the same thing on social media sites. Well, I’m not promising anything to myself. Instead, I’m going to follow the lead Reverend...
by Ralphine Major | Jan 7, 2019 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major It is the Bible verse that always comes to mind at the start of a new year. From Paul’s letter to the Philippians, “ . . . but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the...
by design | Jan 7, 2019 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I was never bookish growing up. I did well enough in school to get by and mostly avoided parental punishment. Admittedly, my primary interests were sports and girls. My fifth grade teacher and I are church members, and she was once asked if she...
by Mark Nagi | Jan 7, 2019 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman Who needs an offensive coordinator anyway! That surely must be what the folks at the UT football complex are thinking these days. As of the writing of this article, 39 days had passed since Tyson Helton resigned as Tennessee’s OC to take the...
by design | Jan 7, 2019 | Public Notice
Foreclosure notices NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated January 8, 2009, executed by ANGELA BLY, conveying certain real...
by design | Jan 7, 2019 | The Daily Focus
Commutes life sentence to parole supervision NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam today granted executive clemency to Cyntoia Denise Brown by commuting her sentence of life imprisonment. She will be released to parole supervision on August 7, 2019,...
by design | Jan 6, 2019 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Brock’s spirit endures as RAM prepares for free Knoxville Clinic By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Stan Brock, founder of Remote Area Medical, passed away last August but his spirit will be with the organization as they prepare for the 1,000th medical clinic. Held...
by design | Jan 6, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Knox County state Senators Richard Briggs and Becky-Duncan Massey answered questions from an audience at a League of Women’s Voters forum Saturday. The event, held at the Knoxville News Sentinel, drew a sizable audience and...
