by Joe Rector | Dec 17, 2018 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector I’m sitting on the couch and watching the rain fall. The weather is too cold and raw to travel outside for some kind of activity like mowing the leaves for the eighth time or taking the dogs to the park. Instead, I’m doing my best imitation of a...
by Ralphine Major | Dec 17, 2018 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com “And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore...
by design | Dec 17, 2018 | Columnist, Moore
Come they told me, Pa, rum pum pum pum Our newborn King to see, Pa rum pum pum pum Our finest gifts we bring Pa rum pum pum pum to lay before the king. Pa rum, pum pum pum…. By Rosie Moore “The Little Drummer Boy” (originally titled “Carol of the Drum”)...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Dec 17, 2018 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan Two legal terms that you hear often are Plaintiff and Defendant. The Plaintiff and the Defendant are the parties involved in a lawsuit. The Plaintiff is the one bringing the lawsuit and the Defendant is the one being sued and is defending the...
by Steve Williams | Dec 17, 2018 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams One recent coaching hire that really surprised me was Liberty University, the largest Christian college in the nation, hiring Hugh Freeze. How did this guy get a job there? I guess the Flames care more about football and scoring touchdowns than they...
by Mark Nagi | Dec 17, 2018 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman Back in 2011, then Tennessee head coach Derek Dooley spent 38 days out of the public eye following the historic loss to the Kentucky Wildcats, a loss that kept them out of a bowl game. In that five and a half week period, seven of his assistant...
by design | Dec 16, 2018 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Halls cheerleaders, Bearden basketball players are among holiday helpers By Steve Williams Halls’ cheerleaders and the Bearden boys’ basketball team have been among local high school student-athletes helping during the holidays. The Halls girls worked at the annual...
by design | Dec 16, 2018 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
“I’ve been a paperboy all my life,” says Jim Sturgeon. The very active long-time friend of The Knoxville Focus will be 89 years old on December 29. Focus reporter Mike Steely sat down with Sturgeon recently for a chat and found the man in good spirits and full...
by design | Dec 16, 2018 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay After Central High School recently won the Class 5A State Championship, the players and coaches got a heroes’ welcome upon returning to Knoxville. Area businesses, football boosters and high school football fans haven’t been shy in passing out...
by Mike Steely | Dec 16, 2018 | Columnist, Steely, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely You probably know about the mass Cherokee removal known as the “Trail of Tears” but I’ll bet you have no idea of the many treaties drawn up with that tribe that moved them out of East Tennessee. Those treaties led eventually to the U. S. Military...
