Senior Job Fair May 2023

What: SENIOR JOB FAIR  For everyone age 50+ Who: Senior Employment Service When: Wednesday, May 10, 2023  9 a.m. – 11 a.m. Where: O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St.    The Senior Employment Service is hosting a Senior Job Fair featuring prospective employers...

Gov. Lee Signs Forever Homes Act into Law

Gov. Lee Signs Forever Homes Act into Law Legislation to accelerate child placement, support foster and adoptive families   The Tennessee Department of Children’s Services (DCS) marked the legislative passage of the Lee administration’s Forever Homes Act...

Ben Byrd Did Not Like Bobby Knight

By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com     When my fellow Focus columnist, Tom Mattingly, wrote recently about Ben Byrd, the longtime sports editor for the Knoxville Journal, it brought back some memories for me, too. I knew Ben well from being around...

Are we all going crazy?

By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Remember the joke about the guy tasting Bud Light for the first time and thought it tasted funny and sent it to a lab? The report said, “I am afraid your horse has diabetes.” Well, now Bud Light – the fake...