by Steve Hunley | Feb 14, 2021 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley This Little Piggy… Cliff Rodgers, former administrator of elections for Knox County, has underwhelmed anyone who happened to see the hardly earth shattering news he has left the Republican party. Rodgers is an attorney, but as far as I know, never...
by design | Feb 14, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams The tone of Ke’on Smith’s football signing ceremony with Campbell University last week had as much to do with academics as athletics. Austin-East High Principal Nathan Langlois punctuated his opening remarks with letting Ke’on know he wanted an...
by Ray Hill | Feb 14, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill The late Howard H. Baker Jr., the first Republican ever to be popularly elected to the United States Senate from Tennessee, has a great claim to being labeled “Mr. Republican” for the modern era. Yet Brazilla Carroll Reece of Johnson City may have a...
by Tom Mattingly | Feb 14, 2021 | Columnist, Mattingly, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Tom Mattingly If you hang around University of Tennessee athletics long enough, there are a number of questions and events that help make life entertaining. Here are some examples. Is it NEE-land or NAY-land? More than a few years ago, someone called and...
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By Steve Williams It’s been a “rough season” for Halls High School’s cheerleaders, but it is ending on a positive note. Changes made by Governor Bill Lee and the Knox County School system late in the basketball regular season allowed Cheer and Dance teams to...
by design | Feb 14, 2021 | The Daily Focus
Ijams Nature Center will host in-person and virtual open houses for families interested in learning more about the full-time Ijams Nature Preschool and the new part-time Ijams Nature Play Club. In-person open houses are Saturday, Feb. 27, and Saturday, March 6, from...
