A Monetary Judgment You Cannot Collect On

A Monetary Judgment You Cannot Collect On By Jedidiah McKeehan “That judgment is not worth the paper it’s written on!” There are certain phrases that all lawyers know and have ready to spout out if the situation is right, and this is one of them. What does this phrase...

UT of Yesteryear

UT of Yesteryear By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com It was my brother’s idea, but I liked it:  spend an afternoon on the University of Tennessee (UT) campus taking pictures of the place where we had spent so much time during our college days.  While students at UT,...

Loretta Lynn and Patsy Cline were close friends

Loretta Lynn and Patsy Cline were close friends A Day Away by Mike Steely Camden, Tenn., is west of Nashville on Highway 70 and 641. The small town is in Benton County and has about 4,000 residents. Unfortunately, its claim to fame is the engraved rock where famed...

‘Dang!’

“Dang!” By Tom Mattingly Despite the best of preparation and intentions, there are days and nights in various football stadia across the country that seem longer than most, when everything that can go wrong actually does. The 1986 Auburn game, played Sept....

Q&A with author Jeff Pearlman

Q&A with author Jeff Pearlman By Mark Nagi From time to time we like to catch up with a newsmaker in the world of sports. Recently The Knoxville Focus spoke with New York Times best-selling author Jeff Pearlman about his new book, “The Last Folk Hero: The Life and...

Publisher’s Positions

Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Will Bicycles and Electric Cars Pay Their Fair Share of Taxes? Remember Debbie Helsley’s campaign for mayor of Knox County and her “bold” climate change plan?  Helsley never uttered a word about the effect of inflation or rising...