by design | Aug 6, 2018 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Words are important. Aside from body language, they are the tools we use to communicate and express ourselves. Thankfully, we don’t read each other’s thoughts. Language is a living thing and changes with time and need. As an example, thirty years...
by Steve Williams | Aug 6, 2018 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Let’s turn back the clock 4½ years. That’s about when Bryson Rosser was announced as Central High’s new head football coach. He had made the decision to leave Hackensack High School in New Jersey, where he was offensive coordinator in 2013 and...
by design | Aug 6, 2018 | The Daily Focus
~from the Office of Neighborhoods National Night Out is just around the corner for Marble City Neighborhood Association and View Park Neighborhood Watch. Marble City Neighborhood Association will be celebrating Aug. 7, at 6 p.m., with a neighborhood hot dog...
by design | Aug 5, 2018 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Republicans call for unity heading to November election By Ken Lay Area Republicans celebrated a big night at Thursday night’s election return party in the Tennessee Ballroom of the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The election brought an end to a pair of hotly tested...
by Steve Hunley | Aug 5, 2018 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Tennessee Republicans made a wise decision in choosing Franklin businessman Bill Lee as their gubernatorial nominee last Thursday. Lee wasn’t the candidate who spent the most, bought the most television and radio ads, or started out as the preemptive...
by design | Aug 5, 2018 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Pete Gawda Since the eagle is the mascot of the new Gibbs Middle School, it was only appropriate that a real, live eagle be the featured guest at Eagle Fest, the grand opening celebration of the newly constructed school. Mr. Lincoln, a bald eagle, was the...
by Ray Hill | Aug 5, 2018 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill The race for the United States Senate in Tennessee in 1970 was one of the most closely watched races in the country that year. The race between Congressman Bill Brock, the Republican nominee, and incumbent Senator Albert Gore had national implications. ...
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By Steve Williams Central High overcame a number of injuries at the quarterback position last season to advance to the Class 5A state semifinals. The Bobcats lost their starter in just the second game and their No. 2 field general soon after that. A freshman stepped...
by design | Aug 5, 2018 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Office of Neighborhoods Director Debbie Sharp called the service “Knoxville’s best kept secret.” She was speaking to a group of Parkridge neighborhood residents last week at the O’Connor Senior Center about the Community...
by design | Aug 5, 2018 | The Daily Focus
This course will be CHALLENGING. Would you expect anything less from Marines? It consists roughly of 3 miles of off-road running, which entails some obstacles, hills, and of course, mud pits. Wear old clothing and shoes. This off road 5K adventure takes you across...
