by design | Jul 19, 2023 | The Daily Focus
Tennessee Serves Provides New Backpacks to Every Student in State’s Distressed Counties Tennessee First Lady Maria Lee announced her initiative, Tennessee Serves, has provided new backpacks to more than 10,000 students in the state’s economically distressed counties....
by design | Jul 18, 2023 | The Daily Focus
Convenience Store Industry Unites to Give “High 5 for Heroes” on 24/7 Day Fifth annual event celebrates first responders while raising funds for disaster relief. New partner expands the celebration to include scholarship donations for first responder family members....
by design | Jul 17, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
Random Thoughts On Current Events By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Since all the Democrats in the Tennessee Legislature voted against a bill to prohibit children from attending sexually suggestive drag queen shows, I hope some of them saw the video of the...
by design | Jul 17, 2023 | Black, Columnist
Finland: The World’s Happiest Country? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Do you pay attention to lists? Obviously, some people do or else no one would be compiling them. I occasionally will look for the best mystery or best science fiction...
by design | Jul 17, 2023 | Columnist, Mattingly
How do I get to see the game? By Tom Mattingly Sometimes a casual comment, a throwaway line, perhaps, engenders a response that is totally unexpected. Lindsey Nelson was set to call the 1958 Tennessee-Auburn game at Legion Field in Birmingham, Ala., for NBC in late...