Kyle Ward sponsors Juneteenth By Steve Hunley, Publisher publisher@knoxfocus.com There is an effort underway currently to make “Juneteenth” a holiday in Knox County. The sponsor and driving force behind it will raise a few eyebrows: Commissioner Kyle Ward. No, the sponsor of the ordinance isn’t a liberal Democrat. Quite the contrary, the sponsor is a […]
By Steve Hunley The recent July 4th holiday brings to my mind the question what became of the Democratic Party? What sparked my mind was there had never been any controversy about Americans celebrating the birth of our country until the wokesters declared it unacceptable. Now, we are told celebrating July 4 makes one a […]
By Jedidiah McKeehan If you’ve been involved in a car wreck and decide that you would like an attorney to represent you, you may be concerned about how you will afford to pay the attorney to help you with your case. That is an excellent question, let’s walk through how that works. In Tennessee, the […]
By Ray Hill Outside of Arizona, few people remember Ernest McFarland save for the man Barry Goldwater beat to get to the United States Senate. Yet Ernest McFarland was much more than a rudimentary politician. McFarland rose from county judge to United States senator, governor, and Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court. While in […]
By John J. Duncan Jr. Over the July 4th weekend, 104 people were shot in Chicago, with 18 killed, including two policemen and a six-year-old girl. This followed more typical recent Chicago weekends, one with 62 people shot resulting in three deaths, and another when 46 were shot with eight killed. On June 28th, Mayor […]
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com On May 3rd Steve Hunley had an excellent editorial on “racist” math. I want to add to the discussion. Growing up in Atlanta’s segregated schools, I knew there was a cultural divide although I never had a conversation with a white person until I went to the University of […]
Recognition of the supreme being is the first, the most basic, expression of Americanism. Without God, there could be no American form of government, nor American way of life. — Dwight D. Eisenhower By Dr. Jim Ferguson And then they were gone. After spending a week with us, my daughter and her family have returned […]
By Steve Williams Several local high school football coaches enjoyed time with their families at the beach during the TSSAA Dead Period the past two weeks, particularly new Knoxville Catholic coach Korey Mobbs. “We spent the first week at Santa Rosa Beach in Florida with friends,” said Mobbs, who was hired at Catholic in late […]
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Years ago, before the automobile, many bridges in our area were covered to protect them from the elements. Few of those continue to exist but there are some here and there that are still in use. It’s interesting to visit a covered bridge to see how our forefathers constructed […]
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The Pond Gap Neighborhood Association has been celebrating its history and establishing its identity for several years now. These efforts have included placing street flags and banners on utility poles, fighting and losing against a large apartment complex, campaigning for retaining walls along Hollywood Drive, recognizing the first airport […]