by design | May 5, 2026 | The Daily Focus
Fountain City Elementary Kindergarten teacher Miranda Timmerman has made it the national quarter finals of the Reader’s Digest’s America’s Favorite Teacher Contest. Timmerman told The Focus: To the best of my knowledge, I am the only teacher in Knox...
by design | May 5, 2026 | The Daily Focus
WHEN: 11 a.m. on Monday, May 11, 2026 WHERE: Covenant Health Park, Concourse 500 E Jackson Ave, Knoxville, TN 37915 Mayor Jacobs will present his FY26-27 Budget Address. Knox County Schools Superintendent Dr. Jon Rysewyk will do the...
by design | May 4, 2026 | Columnist, Ferguson
Physician, heal yourself! Jesus Christ By Dr. Jim Ferguson Perhaps I should stop trying to make this once-a-week column contemporaneous. Instead of writing about current events, maybe I should just write about things that interest me, like poetry, science, history,...
by design | May 4, 2026 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector As I’ve written about on several occasions, I’ve become interested in woodworking over the last twenty years. I’ve always envied those workers who could take a pile of lumber and turn it into a beautiful house. I’ve marveled at how effortlessly some...
by design | May 4, 2026 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly Football fans, particularly in the South, often make critical, life-changing decisions about team allegiances in their most tender years and live with the impact of those decisions throughout the rest of their lives. Former Auburn Sports...
