by design | Aug 8, 2021 | Columnist, Mattingly, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Tom Mattingly Sometimes sportswriters come up with an idea that makes sense years later. The year was 1926. It was a Monday, Labor Day, Sept. 6. The baseball pennant races were in full swing. The football season was set to begin on Sept. 25. A new coach was ready...
by design | Aug 2, 2021 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Most folks turn giddy when they are heading out for a vacation. To be honest, I’ve never been a fan of them. I enjoyed them once we arrived, but something always seemed to happen to make those trips less than fun. Our family took only one vacation trip....
by design | Aug 1, 2021 | Archived Editions, Archives, Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
COVID Crisis, Not A Border Crisis By Steve Hunley, Publisher publisher@knoxfocus.com It is becoming increasingly apparent the leftists are trying to prepare everyone for more mandates and edicts about the spread of COVID. Yet it’s time to address the pack of...
by design | Aug 1, 2021 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Politics and cronyism will continue on unelected board By Steve Hunley The race for Knox County Sheriff is at the heart of the morass that has become the Sheriff Office’s Merit System Council. Incumbent Tom Spangler is facing his predecessor, Jimmy “J.J.” Jones,...
by design | Aug 1, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Carroll Reece had served in Congress for a decade before unexpectedly losing reelection in the 1930 general election. Reece had been upset by Oscar B. Lovette, who had held several local offices as a Republican, but who ran in 1930 as an Independent....
by design | Aug 1, 2021 | Columnist, McKeehan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Jedidiah McKeehan When I represent people in personal injury cases, and the case is getting near its conclusion, there is usually a discussion about the settlement money the client may receive. One of the common questions that is asked is whether the money they...
