by Joe Rector | Dec 26, 2017 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Christmas is perhaps the day that brings the most happiness for most folks, but for some it’s a day that elicits sadness and loneliness. Those feelings are never more stinging than that first Christmas when a loved one is no longer there. More than fifty...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Dec 26, 2017 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan I see lots of people come to the courthouse who end up with a judgment against them for some reason or another. Maybe they got behind on their credit card payments, maybe they took out a payday loan that they shouldn’t have taken, or maybe they...
by Steve Williams | Dec 26, 2017 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Bobbie Fisher, who operates my favorite booth at the Expo Center Flea Market with her husband John, told me she would be rooting for Jeremy Pruitt and Alabama in the upcoming College Football Playoffs. And I quickly told her I would be, too, as I’m...
by design | Dec 26, 2017 | The Daily Focus
By Ken Lay Area high school hockey players will be on the ice for the Knoxville Amateur Hockey Association’s annual holiday tournament this week. The New Year’s Eve Classic High School Tournament will be Dec. 28-29 at the Icearium. The tournament has...
by design | Dec 25, 2017 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
New city council members speak up By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com When the City Beer Board convened Tuesday afternoon Stephanie Welch, the new 1st District member, was left out of the roll call. This was brought to immediate attention and Board Chairman George...
by design | Dec 25, 2017 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Wreaths Across America came again to Knox County recently, decorating the graves of veterans of our peacetime and wartime soldiers and sailors. The annual event, sponsored for the last time by Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett, will...
by design | Dec 25, 2017 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Many improvements are underway at the Old Gray Cemetery in downtown Knoxville and additional funding is needed to top off an effort named “Trees, Trails and Traditions.” Russell B. Kuhlman, president of the board of...
by Ray Hill | Dec 25, 2017 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill W. “Ned” Carmack’s campaign for the United States Senate ended on a dusty road in rural West Tennessee under circumstances never resolved. Carmack’s wife Charlotte arrived to whisk him home to Murfreesboro, where Carmack spent some time in a hospital....
by design | Dec 25, 2017 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Every holiday season it seems Central High cheerleaders ring bells for the Salvation Army and paint faces and make pot holders at the Fantasy of Trees. The tradition continued this year. What do the cheerleaders get out of this community service?...
by design | Dec 25, 2017 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Farragut High’s dance team, led by seniors Presley Packer and Tatum Allen, took first place in the TSSAA’s Small Varsity Pom division for the third year in a row and also placed second in Small Varsity Jazz. “We practice multiple hours every week to...
