by Mark Nagi | Jun 24, 2019 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman Thursday, June 20, 2019 will be remembered as one of the biggest days in Tennessee men’s basketball history. They didn’t get to a Final Four that evening, or win a conference championship, but the Vols proved they can recruit and develop some of the...
by Ralphine Major | Jun 24, 2019 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com I sat behind her in choir practice one Wednesday night. Our brief exchange was about her upcoming wedding. Angela was home for the summer from her position at Georgetown College where she taught voice. It was a few years before...
by Joe Rector | Jun 24, 2019 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Amy and I sat on the couch the other night and watch a program we’d saved from PBS. No, we weren’t viewing the latest “Downton Abbey” program, nor were we watching another Ken Burns documentary. My wife and I sat mesmerized as the Doobie Brothers rocked...
by Mike Steely | Jun 24, 2019 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely If you’ve walked in Knoxville’s Old Gray Cemetery you may have noticed a concrete bench just as you enter. The elaborate bench is part of the grave of Horace Maynard, a historic figure often overlooked in our history. Despite being the son of an...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Jun 24, 2019 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidih McKeehan A term that you may or may not have heard of is the legal term, “guardian ad litem.” Often times, the term gets shortened to, “GAL.” What does this term mean? A guardian ad litem is a person who is appointed by the court to investigate and...
by Steve Hunley | Jun 23, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley You may be tired of hearing about Recode from The Focus, but the more the people of Knoxville hear and read about it, the better off we’ll all be. One can call Recode just about anything but good. Victor Ashe, Knoxville’s longest serving mayor, has...