by design | Oct 24, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay When Catholic High School senior linebacker Raphell Mayes returned an interception for a touchdown just before halftime, it helped the Irish open a big lead on a rainy Thursday night in North Knox County. It gave Catholic a 23-7 advantage and the Irish...
by design | Oct 24, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill “Cry Aloud and Spare Not” That was the motto of the notorious “Parson” William G. Brownlow’s Whig newspaper. That same motto was adopted by the Parson and his partner, Captain William Rule, when they published the Knoxville Chronicle and Whig....
by design | Oct 24, 2021 | Columnist, Duncan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com My late wife, Lynn, was born and raised in Sewanee where her father and grandfather managed the grocery section of the University Supply Store for a combined total of more than 70 years. Lynn had a book entitled “Sewanee...
by design | Oct 24, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Brandon Roberts, Central’s newest head baseball coach, grew up in South Florida and the high school team he played on was voted No. 1 in the nation in Baseball America his junior year at ArchBishop McCarthy. Roberts went on to have a standout playing...
by design | Oct 24, 2021 | Columnist, Ferguson, Stories In This Week's Focus:
All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed, they must rely exclusively on force. – George Orwell By Dr. Jim Ferguson I just received a Christmas gift at Halloween! A shipment of my new novel, “Mantis,” just arrived by UPS, so I decided...
by design | Oct 24, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams On paper, Farragut’s girls cross country team looks like it has a good chance of bringing home the gold from this year’s TSSAA state meet. But the finish line for reaching that goal is still a long way off. First, the Lady Admirals must qualify for...
