by design | Jul 23, 2018 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Apparently, Tennessee’s Senator Bob Corker would prefer President Trump insult Putin in front of the whole world at a press conference rather than exercising civility. You realize no president has ever insulted another leader publicly face to face....
by Mark Nagi | Jul 23, 2018 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman It’s an annual rite of passage… and the first true sign that college football season isn’t that far away. For Jeremy Pruitt, the new Tennessee coach, SEC Media Days was a chance to show Vols fans that he’s not very concerned about the recent past. The...
by Steve Williams | Jul 23, 2018 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Best news to come out of SEC Media Days last week was Coach Jeremy Pruitt’s announcement that Trey Smith had been medically cleared to play football and rejoin the team. The 6-6, 320-pound Smith, who missed spring practice due to an...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Jul 23, 2018 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan We have all heard that we can act in self-defense when someone is trying to hurt us but what Tennessee law actually says we are allowed to do that? There are actually three very short statutes that spell out what you can do when acting in...
by design | Jul 23, 2018 | The Daily Focus
Knox County high school students who took the 2017-18 TNReady end-of-course exams continued to perform better than the state in all four subject areas and on each end-of-course (EOC) exam. Students’ scores on the EOC exam fall into one of four performance categories:...
by design | Jul 22, 2018 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Ed and Bob’s Night Out a hoot By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Ed Brantley and Bob Thomas go back a few years together. Both were disk jockeys before they teamed up for the popular Ed and Bob Talk Show on the radio. The two are finishing their terms at At-Large...
by Steve Hunley | Jul 22, 2018 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley It seems with every passing day, as well as every news cycle, the leftists in this country are consumed by a new wave of mass hysteria. The end of the world was nigh when President Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh to serve on the Supreme Court;...
by design | Jul 22, 2018 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Republican Glenn Jacobs and Democrat Linda Haney agreed on several things during the League of Women Voters candidate forum at Pellissippi State College Friday night. But the forum at the Magnolia Avenue campus also heard...
by Ray Hill | Jul 22, 2018 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Buford Ellington had barely taken the oath of office when speculation became rife as to who the next governor of Tennessee might be; Ellington had faced no Republican on the ballot in 1966, but Howard Baker had become the first member of the GOP to be popularly...
by design | Jul 22, 2018 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay Farragut High School’s boys lacrosse team got a unique opportunity Thursday night when it hosted Germany’s Under-19 National Team at Farragut Middle School. While things didn’t go well for the Admirals, at least on the scoreboard, the mood was upbeat...
