Publisher’s Positions

By Steve Hunley Kincannon’s Budget And More City Mayor Indya Kincannon sent out a press release with her budget presentation last week. If it wasn’t quite revisionist history, then it was certainly rearranging the facts. Kincannon bragged about the fiscal health of...

Ben Byrd Did Not Like Bobby Knight

By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com     When my fellow Focus columnist, Tom Mattingly, wrote recently about Ben Byrd, the longtime sports editor for the Knoxville Journal, it brought back some memories for me, too. I knew Ben well from being around...

Are we all going crazy?

By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Remember the joke about the guy tasting Bud Light for the first time and thought it tasted funny and sent it to a lab? The report said, “I am afraid your horse has diabetes.” Well, now Bud Light – the fake...

Taking the Somerset Loop

Taking the Somerset Loop A Day Away By Mike Steely Somerset, Kentucky, is located west of London and Corbin and is the county seat of Pulaski County. The county is named after Polish Count Casimir Pulaski who served during the American Revolution under General George...

Vols finish Spring Practice

Vols finish Spring Practice By Mark Nagi Spring practice is officially complete for Tennessee’s football team. Now… the long 4+ month wait is underway. The Vols ended things in front of over 58,000 fans at the annual Orange and White Game, a contest won by the White...