By Steve Hunley More Protest Follies Readers will recall the antics of Constance Every and her merry band of protesters who tried to disrupt a recent meeting of the Knox County Commission and were promptly arrested by the Knox County Sherriff’s Office. The protestors...
Carroll Reece: Tennessee’s ‘Mr. Republican’ Pt8
By Ray Hill Carroll Reece, congressman from Tennessee’s First Congressional District, had served for a decade. Yet, in the 1930 general election, Reece found himself surprisingly hard pressed by the challenge of Oscar Byrd Lovette, the former District Attorney for...
‘Microaggression nonsense’
By John J. Duncan Jr. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s most famous quote is one in which he said “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”...
The Flow of Life
I hate to write; I love having written. Dorothy Parker By Dr. Jim Ferguson As a writer I have to disagree with Ms. Parker, the famous poet, satirist, critic and writer. But then she was perhaps best known for her wisecracks. My corollary to Parker’s quip is, “I enjoy...
Kessel: Awards, Recognitions, and Good Times!
Part 11 in Dwight Kessel series By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com With Dwight Kessel’s years in public service, many well-deserved awards and recognitions have come his way. Some of the awards include Distinguished Service Award for Fifty Years of Leadership and...
A look at historic scores
By Tom Mattingly There are times the game-by-game scores in the Tennessee Football Media Guide, pp. 280- 296 in the 1919 version, are just a mind-numbing array of numbers, stretching from that first game in 1891, Sewanee 24, Tennessee 0, through the more recent years....
What is a Pleading?
By Jedidiah McKeehan One term that you may have heard an attorney use is the term, “pleading.” What in the world is a pleading? Is a pleading a good thing? Is it a bad thing? Is it public record? Is it some secret document? If I take off my lawyer hat and think about...
A Day Away: Mountain sights and sounds at Old Fort
By Mike Steely If you’re headed east on Interstate 40 beyond Asheville, North Carolina there’s one little town right off the interstate you should take the time to stop and visit. Old Fort is aptly named. It began when George Davidson settled there and...
Powell ‘survives’ in 2-1 win over rival Gibbs
PHOTO BY JAMES SPEARS. Dust flies as Macy Belyea of Powell slides to try and avoid a tag in Lady Panthers' 2-1 win over Gibbs. By Steve Williams Alaina Watson, playing first base for Powell, was involved in two smacks in the softball game at Gibbs last week. She much...
Korey Mobbs named Catholic football coach
By Ken Lay Knoxville Catholic High School introduced its new football coach last week, ending a three-week search to replace Steve Matthews. And the Irish lured a successful coach from Georgia to East Tennessee to take over the reins for the Catholic program. Korey...
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Smoky Mountain Home Health and Hospice Celebrates 30 years
Since 1982, Smoky Mountain...
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Karns LL teams are battling for state berth
By Steve Williams Karns is...
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The Knoxville Focus: Monday, August 13, 2012
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92 Boxes of Love
More than 20 volunteers...
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South-Doyle Delivers Shutout over Heritage
By Adam Sullivan It’s not...
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Rosie’s World
Rosie Moore celebrated her...