by design | Feb 20, 2022 | Black, Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Although we have no national interest in Ukraine, ground troops are being sent to NATO countries in Eastern Europe to counter the buildup by the Russians on the Ukraine border. I have not seen a compelling...
by design | Feb 20, 2022 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams The City of Knoxville is honoring basketball great Elston Turner today (Feb. 21) with a street bearing his name. Elston Turner Drive, a fitting name for a player who often drove inside to score as well as swishing in points from the outside, will be...
by design | Feb 20, 2022 | Columnist, Ferguson, Stories In This Week's Focus:
We made the best of times in the worst of times. Kathryn Limbaugh By Dr. Jim Ferguson There is a famous scene in the movie “A Few Good Men” where actor Jack Nicholson, portraying a marine colonel, shouts, “You can’t handle the truth!” in defense of his murderous...
by design | Feb 20, 2022 | Columnist, Mattingly, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Tom Mattingly Ray Mears not only made orange a household color in Knoxville, but wherever else Vol fans might have gathered. Orange became a respectable color to wear to the games. He coined the phrase “Big Orange Country,” despite assertions to the contrary....
by design | Feb 20, 2022 | The Daily Focus
The Knox County Engineering and Public Works Department Stormwater Division, in conjunction with the Tennessee Environmental Council, is helping support Tennessee Tree Day. Tennessee Tree Day, celebrated on March 19, is the largest community tree-planting project of...