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...
by Ray Hill | Jun 23, 2019 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Edward H. Crump, leader of the Shelby County political machine, had decided to go to Congress in 1930. The incumbent, Hubert Fisher, had not been ready to retire despite the fact he was quite nearly entirely deaf. Relations between Crump and his long-time...
by design | Jun 17, 2019 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I am Trinitarian in my faith, but also philosophically. I maintain that four choices are often too many and two are not enough. Three seems about right to me. My wife Becky says I can find three options for almost any situation. My father was a...
