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The Knoxville Focus for November 15, 2021

by design | Nov 14, 2021 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

Kim Frazier kicks off campaign for County Commission By Bill Howard Kim Frazier has been active in Knox County community affairs for a number of years. According to her website - electkimfrazier.com - she has been a hands-on information source and advocate for a wide...

American-American

by design | Nov 14, 2021 | Black, Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com I’ve been to South Africa three times to bow hunt. The first time I landed in Johannesburg I did not feel like I was returning to my homeland (since my homeland is Gray, GA). When I land in Knoxville I say to myself “home,”...

Liberal Bias in Local Media

by design | Nov 14, 2021 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Hunley It is no surprise to anyone who can read or hear, there is a pronounced bias on the part of the national media on behalf of the Left. That is also true on the local level as well. Exhibit Number One is the Knoxville News Sentinel. The News Sentinel...

Tennessee political legends: Kenneth D. McKellar & Cordell Hull, II

by design | Nov 14, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Ray Hill The two most enduring political figures in Tennessee’s modern history are Kenneth McKellar and Cordell Hull. McKellar holds the record in Tennessee for the longest tenure in Congress at forty-two years; K. D. McKellar remains Tennessee’s longest-serving...

HOTWORX celebrates first year in Knoxville

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By Jamie Schnell schnellj@knoxfocus.com Knoxville HOTWORX fitness studio franchisees Robert and Jennifer LeBus have officially been introducing the community to the benefits of infrared sauna training for a year now. Community is key to both Robert and Jennifer, who...

Safety and Freedom

by design | Nov 14, 2021 | Columnist, Ferguson, Stories In This Week's Focus:

Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters. --Benjamin Franklin By Dr. Jim Ferguson I suspect because we’ve had plenty of rain, East Tennesseans are experiencing a beautiful fall. Last...

Hardin Valley is an ‘example’ of what school should be like

by design | Nov 14, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

PHOTO BY STEVE WILLIAMS Full of pride, Hardin Valley Academy peer tutors Alee Hyatt (left) and Gracie Waite hug after the unveiling of the banner declaring HVA a National Unified Champion School. By Steve Williams No student is left out at Hardin Valley Academy. That...

Local elections, national polls

by design | Nov 14, 2021 | Columnist, Duncan, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com I don’t believe I have ever heard of anything that is more ridiculous or anything that would make people angrier than paying illegal immigrants $450,000 each. Former Democratic Congressman Harold Ford Jr. said on Fox News on...

Berean and Gibbs celebrate Palmer’s signing

by design | Nov 14, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Williams There was a lot of love and pride in the Upper Campus Commons area at Berean Christian School last Wednesday afternoon. And a lot of Lady Eagles in the building, too. Even Carol Zachary Mitchell, a former Gibbs High and Carson-Newman Lady Eagle, was...