by design | Feb 2, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Carroll Reece and Jimmy Quillen By Ray Hill From 1921 until 1997, two men occupied the seat in the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee’s First District, with the exception of six years. Carroll Reece served 36 years, as did Jimmy Quillen; however, Reece’s...
by design | Jan 27, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
The storm was building as kickoff approached By Tom Mattingly It’s still only January, but the memories of football seasons past are with us on an almost daily basis. It doesn’t take much to get the memory banks charged up. Someone says, “I remember the time,” and the...
by design | Jan 27, 2025 | Columnist, Ferguson
Heroic I was saved by God to make America great again. Donald J. Trump By Dr. Jim Ferguson In my lifetime there have been nineteen presidential inaugurations, but I can remember only a few. And ashamedly, I have rarely watched the presidential oath of office....
by design | Jan 27, 2025 | Columnist, Steely
It’s Maple Syrup Time in Johnson City A Day Away By Mike Steely The Tipton-Haynes State Historic Site in Johnson City is hosting the 22nd Annual Maple Syrup Festival and Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, February 8. The 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. event illustrates where maple...
by design | Jan 27, 2025 | Columnist, Rector
I Have Car Fever By Joe Rector Sickness is at hand. So many “bugs” and viruses are in the air that almost all of us will at some point succumb to the effects of them. Covid, no matter how many people deny its existence, still hits folks to varying degrees. I’ve had a...
by design | Jan 27, 2025 | Black, Columnist
A climate change denier? Who, me? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Donald Trump is a climate change denier and calls it a hoax. I am not a climate denier because it is obvious that the climate always changes. I am just not in the camp...
