By John J. Duncan Jr. After I took the Bar Exam in July of 1973, I spent almost all my time at the Knox County Courthouse watching jury trials. I had watched several trials in my Uncle Joe’s court in earlier years while I was in undergraduate school at UT and...
By Dr. Jim Ferguson There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and miseries. -- Brutus from William Shakespeare’s play “Julius Caesar” In 42 BC, Rome...
By Harold A. Black This is not a politically correct article. For the life of me I can’t figure out how things that are so politically incorrect are labelled as being “politically correct.” My friends on the left will probably tell me that I am a bigot but it...
By Tom Mattingly The year was 1971, 50 years ago. Neyland Stadium seated 64,429, with a new southwest upper deck scheduled to open in 1972. Fifty years is an eternity by anybody’s standards, but for veteran Vol fans, 1971 was an amazing time, a season that had enough...
By Ken Lay The 2021 high school football season is three weeks old and Farragut High School is still in search of its first victory. But longtime Admirals head coach isn’t discouraged. “These kids continue to slowly get better,” Courtney said after Farragut dropped...
By Ralphine Major The first news report I heard said Knoxville. The next one, Corryton. A third identified him as a Gibbs High School graduate. United States (U.S.) Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss was one of the 13 American heroes who died in the recent attack on...
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com “Over 2,200 more people voted early in-person in 2021 than in 2017, with New Harvest Park being the site with the most voters,” Chris Davis, Knox County Election Coordinator, told The Focus Friday. Davis attributed...
By Steve Hunley The City of Knoxville elections are pathetic. Despite the thousands of dollars in spending a fraction of the eligible voters are coming out to vote. As of this writing, over 6,000 people have voted early and by absentee ballot. My goodness, there...
By Steve Williams Frank “Boomer” Boring took a peek into the future 50 years ago and what he foresaw is scheduled to come to fruition this Friday night. Boring was entering his 16th season as head coach of Central High’s football team when the Bobcats moved into their...
By Ray Hill The story of Grace Moore is not at all political in nature and hopefully readers of this column will not be sorely disappointed. Miss Moore’s story is, however uniquely and quintessentially American. It is both an interesting story and certainly part of...
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