by Jedidiah McKeehan | Dec 3, 2018 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan My father-in-law and I were chatting recently about where someone he knew was planning on being buried and I commented that I had heard that someone I knew had just been buried on some property their family owned wrapped in some old blankets. I...
by Steve Williams | Dec 3, 2018 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Halls High’s football team won the state championship in 1986, but it’s still hard to believe the Red Devils survived their first round game and advanced. Saying Coach Larry Kerr’s team got a scare on that Nov. 7 night 32 years ago in Halls is...
by Steve Hunley | Dec 2, 2018 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley The passing of former President George Herbert Walker Bush reminds me of what a uniquely American life he led. Part of what has rightly been called “the greatest generation” by author David Halberstam, George Bush grew up in a privileged family...
by Ray Hill | Dec 2, 2018 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Malcolm Rice Patterson enjoyed a meteoric rise in Tennessee politics until the consequences of his own actions ended his career. Redheaded, thin, with angular features, Malcolm Patterson was known throughout Tennessee as a dynamic and gifted speaker. ...
by design | Nov 26, 2018 | Columnist, Ferguson
Every week my stories are made possible by the staff of The Knoxville Focus and my wife, Becky, who serves double duty as my editress. I appreciate strong and thoughtful women, so this week welcome the other half of our team: essayist Becky! By Becky Ferguson I...
by Ralphine Major | Nov 26, 2018 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major We named them Caesar and Cleo. The playful pups would often take a running leap and jump into the pond. While they had the markings of a black Doberman pinscher, they were not registered. Caesar was given to a friend who lost his Doberman....
