by Jedidiah McKeehan | Jan 8, 2018 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan Making your own beer has become a hip and trendy thing to do in this day and age. If you fall in to the category of people who are brewing their own beer, are there any Tennessee laws that apply to what you are doing? Yes, there are. Tennessee...
by Joe Rector | Jan 8, 2018 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector The Christmas trees have been taken down; ornaments and other decorations are once again safe in boxes and bins. Supplies of fireworks are expended, and the remnants of them have been removed from yards and streets. The holiday season is finished, and...
by Ralphine Major | Jan 8, 2018 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major It is definitely winter! Much of the nation—including the South—has seen frigid temperatures the last few days. Even some parts of the Southeast which seldom see snow, such as Georgia and Florida, are experiencing record snowfalls. ...
by design | Jan 8, 2018 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson They say Christmas is for children, and I would agree, unless being around kids at Christmas makes you younger at heart. I have four grandchildren ages fourteen to one year old. The teenager is in a “galaxy far, far away,” and a bit too cool for...
by Steve Williams | Jan 8, 2018 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Sometimes you just have to stand up for yourself. The University of Central Florida did that last week and proclaimed its football team the 2017 national champion. The Knights had a parade in Orlando, put the “We’re No. 1” news on billboards,...
by Mark Nagi | Jan 8, 2018 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman It was a typical Friday night in the Norman household. The Smith’s came over for a rousing game of pinochle and we had the meal catered by Denny’s. Then it happened. Missouri announced that Derek Dooley was their new offensive coordinator and...
by design | Jan 7, 2018 | Archived Editions, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Scholars’ Bowl begins tonight on PBS By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com What happens when you have top students from area high schools competing to see who knows the most Literature, Science, Art, Math, Geography, Government, Music, Sports and History trivia? See...
by Steve Hunley | Jan 7, 2018 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley The basic sense of fair play has to be chaffing a great many Americans, as it is more and more obvious the mainstream media is simply not going to give President Donald Trump anything even resembling fair treatment. Former President Jimmy...
by Ray Hill | Jan 7, 2018 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Willa Blake Eslick was the first woman ever to be elected to Congress from the State of Tennessee. Mrs. Eslick served only an abbreviated term in the U. S. House of Representatives and was elected following the death of her husband, Congressman...
by design | Jan 7, 2018 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Last week’s below freezing weather played havoc with the homeless in Knoxville and strained the resources of the Knoxville Area Rescue Mission. The Broadway KARM center reported that about 360 people sought overnight shelter...
