by design | Feb 24, 2025 | Columnist, McKeehan
The Right to a Speedy Trial By Jedidiah McKeehan A “speedy trial” is one of those lawyer terms you have probably heard on TV or in a movie without even realizing it. It seems on TV, someone is charged with murder and the trial is happening within just a few days. In...
by design | Feb 24, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘An Inferiority Complex?’ By Tom Mattingly There was a time Tennessee did not seem to be the biggest deal in town or at least equivalent to their opponent at a bowl game. That may be hard to believe, but it seemed to have happened in the days leading up to...
by design | Feb 23, 2025 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley City Should Fix The Gay Street Bridge Folks in South Knoxville are getting increasingly angry with Mayor Indya Kincannon and the decision to close the Gay Street Bridge to automobile traffic. Kincannon made the startling...
by design | Feb 23, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The Fall of Congressman John Jennings, III By Ray Hill John Jennings had represented Tennessee’s Second Congressional District since 1940 and as 1950 dawned, the congressman faced the greatest threat to his continued tenure in office in a decade. Carroll Reece, who...
by design | Feb 17, 2025 | Columnist, Steely
Finding Old Railroad Depots A day Away By Mike Steely I grew up about a block away from a railroad station, back when passenger trains still ran. That old station is still there and when I’m visiting my hometown I often drop by and peek in. The station is now used by...
by design | Feb 17, 2025 | Black, Columnist
Why did Putin invade Ukraine? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com I was wondering why Putin invaded Ukraine. It was obvious that he was going to do so. You don’t amass 200,000 troops on the Ukraine border just to have a parade. Putin...
