by design | May 24, 2023 | The Daily Focus
City of Knoxville offices, including the Office of Neighborhood Empowerment, will be closed on Monday, May 29, for the Memorial Day holiday. Waste Connections will run residential garbage and recycling routes on Monday, May 29. As a general reminder, Thanksgiving and...
by design | May 23, 2023 | The Daily Focus
Compliance Checks at Convenience Centers Prove Successful KNOXVILLE, Tenn.—Knox County Convenience Centers recently conducted system-wide compliance checks at all seven convenience centers to prevent abuse of the free waste disposal service offered to Knox County...
by design | May 22, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com My father passed away in 1988, but I still think of him at some point almost every day. I once described him in an article in the News Sentinel as the “sweetest, kindest, toughest, hardest-working man I ever knew.” I put the...
by design | May 22, 2023 | Black, Columnist
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com The fact that there is only one charter school in Knox County is not surprising because the system is set up to minimize the number of charters. The applications must be voted on by the local board...
by design | May 22, 2023 | Columnist, Ferguson
When you want to help people you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear. Thomas Sowell These days, is anything real or as portrayed? Most have heard about the long-awaited Durham report which revealed that Hillary...
