by design | Jun 3, 2019 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore Wake up! Decide to have a good day. Today is the day the Lord hath made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24 Dress up! The best way to dress up is to put on a smile. A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks. The Lord does not look...
by design | Jun 3, 2019 | The Daily Focus
Volunteers can sign up now for the 2019 Big Clinch River Cleanup on Saturday, July 13. The first 100 people who register for the seventh annual cleanup qualify for a free breakfast at the scenic Museum of Appalachia, 2819 Andersonville Highway, Norris. Breakfast...
by design | Jun 2, 2019 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Recode meeting long, confrontational By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The year of 2019 may well be remembered as the year Knoxville City Council struggled with Recode. A second marathon session on Recode became exhausting and labored as the city council once again...
by design | Jun 2, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com More than 100 descendants of Revolutionary War veteran and Knox County settler Nicholas Gibbs will assemble Saturday at the patriot’s original home on Emory Road. The event, sponsored by the Nicholas Gibbs Historic Society, will...
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By Steve Williams A stomach virus unfortunately limited Claire Brock’s playing time in the TSSAA Division II-A state girls’ basketball tournament in March, but Claire had shown what she could do on the court throughout the season and particularly in a sectional win...