by design | Apr 2, 2026 | The Daily Focus
The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) announced that the TN Promise application is now open for the Class of 2027. For the first time, high school juniors can apply beginning April 1, giving students earlier access than ever before to the state’s...
by design | Apr 1, 2026 | The Daily Focus
Free community celebration returns to LeConte Meadow on April 5 Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum (KBGA) warmly invites the entire community to its annual Easter Sunrise Service on Sunday, April 5, 2026, from 7:00–8:00 AM, held on LeConte Meadow across from the...
by design | Mar 31, 2026 | The Daily Focus
KNOXVILLE – Motorists traveling on Alcoa Highway (US 129/State Route 115) in Knox County should be aware of upcoming road construction activities that will have a temporary impact on traffic. Beginning on Monday, March 30, and continuing through Thursday, April...
by design | Mar 30, 2026 | Columnist, Ferguson
Undocumented immigrants are the people Democrats care about most. Senator Chris Murphy By Dr. Jim Ferguson I’ve been thinking … Would it be easier to admit that you were wrong and change your ways or would you deny reality and double down on your mistakes? Democrats...
by design | Mar 30, 2026 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. One night in the summer of 1958, Joe Seymour, batboy for the visiting team playing against the Knoxville Smokies, fell and broke his arm running to get a stretcher for a player who had been hit in the head by a ball thrown by a Smokies pitcher. I...
