by design | Jun 20, 2021 | Columnist, Steely, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely East Tennessee has numerous Native American mounds including in and around Knox County but nothing in the state compares to Pinson Mounds in West Tennessee’s Madison County. Pinson Mounds State Archeological Park has the second highest Native American...
by design | Jun 20, 2021 | Columnist, Major, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ralphine Major “Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.” Matthew 6:9 (KJV). Those are the words of Jesus referring to our heavenly Father in what is known as The Lord’s Prayer. Many fathers are mentioned in the Bible. Abraham was called “the father of...
by design | Jun 14, 2021 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector I remember when Amy and I were young. We married in December 1974 and moved into UT student housing on New Year’s Day. Our first place was a concrete block box with a concrete slab that was covered with some of the ugliest and cheapest carpet ever made....
by design | Jun 14, 2021 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi By the time you are reading this, Tennessee’s baseball team will have won their Super Regional and advanced to their first College World Series since 2005. Or they will have been knocked out of the postseason, ending a terrific campaign a step shy of...
by design | Jun 13, 2021 | Archived Editions, Archives, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Carlson calls out Kincannon By Steve Hunley, Publisher publisher@knoxfocus.com Last Wednesday night, Knoxville got some unexpected national publicity. Tucker Carlson hosts the highest rated talk show on cable television. In his broadcast, Carlson said, “The formerly...
by design | Jun 13, 2021 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley When Daniel Herrera was elected Chairman of the Knox County Republican Party, it ushered in a new age. At least that was the inference. Emails from Herrera routinely herald the fact “This ain’t your grandfather’s Republican Party anymore.” That much...