by Joe Rector | Apr 9, 2018 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector My, how times change. I haven’t heard the song “In Your Easter Bonnet” in years. A lifetime ago, children sang it in school and companies included it in their marketing strategies. Other things during Easter are much different as well. My brothers...
by Ralphine Major | Apr 9, 2018 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major Get your tickets! Show time is almost here! Lots of hard work and hours of practice will all come together under the leadership of Natalee Elkins, Director/Musical Director; Daniel Lineberger, Director/Choreographer; Taylor Branson, Production...
by design | Apr 9, 2018 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore Why a bird can fly but I can’t? What is in a little pill that makes my body react? How can my grandson talk to me on my cell phone from Scotland? Why do bodies become allergic to certain properties in the air and on the ground? Why do good people die...
by design | Apr 9, 2018 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Sometimes, it’s hard for me to remember whether I’ve written about something or just thought about it. As a result, I have a new project putting my previous five hundred and thirteen Focus essays in a computer file which I can then easily search....
by design | Apr 8, 2018 | The Daily Focus
By Mike Steely When the Knoxville City Council meets Tuesday evening the members will be asked to borrow funds of $17.5 million by issuing general obligation bonds for the city. The request comes from the Department of Finance and the mayor’s office said that much of...
by design | Apr 8, 2018 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Amber Rountree shines at South Knox Alliance Candidate Forum By Rose King The South Knox Alliance hosted a Candidate Meet and Greet last week. Candidates for Knox County Commission at-large Seats 10 and 11, Circuit Court Clerk, County Clerk, Register of Deeds and...
by Steve Hunley | Apr 8, 2018 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley The ethics complaint filed by perennial candidate Bo Bennett against Knox County Commissioners Charles Busler and Bob Thomas has gone from a circus sideshow to an outrageous witch-hunt. Bennett’s complaint was based upon little more than a news story...
by design | Apr 8, 2018 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Someday several years from now you will be able to walk or bike from Fountain City all the way downtown. It’s years away but plans are certainly in the works. In the interim the First Creek Greenway is, step by step, inching...
by Ray Hill | Apr 8, 2018 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill From 1931 until 1947, the Republican Party had suffered shattering defeats largely brought on by the Great Depression. Following the 1936 election, where GOP presidential candidate Alf Landon only won the electoral votes of Vermont and Maine, Republicans...
by design | Apr 8, 2018 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams A little past the midway point of the high school track and field season, Willington Wright of Hardin Valley Academy appears to be competing like he’s on a mission. The Hawks’ senior was No. 1 in the state in three different events as of...
