by design | Dec 5, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Cate was a familiar name to voters in Knox County, especially when they were picking a sheriff. William T. Cate had been sheriff and J. Carroll Cate was sheriff from 1936 – 1940. In 1946, six-foot-five, 350-pound Hazen Kreis was leaving the...
by design | Dec 5, 2021 | Columnist, Duncan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Many years ago, when I was a young lawyer and unmarried, I was asked to speak to a singles class at Wallace Memorial Baptist Church. In preparing for that talk, I came across some material at my parents’ house that included...
by design | Dec 5, 2021 | Columnist, Ferguson, Stories In This Week's Focus:
We don’t have a problem with systemic racism in this country, we have a problem with systemic corruption. —Leigh Bravo (head of anti-CRT task force Prince William County, Virginia) By Dr. Jim Ferguson Make no mistake, the Dems will go for broke on woke, because they...
by design | Nov 29, 2021 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan The legal profession, perhaps like other professions, has a number of quirks that are unique to it. Some of these quirks I find ridiculous. For example, some attorneys whom I have cases against insist on sending me correspondence by email, fax and...
by design | Nov 29, 2021 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Remember this time of year when you were a child? How much more excited could you have been to know Santa was going to visit and leave presents? Another time to remember is that last day of school before summer vacation. The arms of the clock...
by design | Nov 29, 2021 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely It’s a great time to get out in the cool weather and take the family for a ride. There are a lot of interesting places to see within a few miles of Knoxville. Old Washington in Rhea County was a small community that was the county seat. Judge David...