by design | Jul 29, 2026 | The Daily Focus
~ from the City of Knoxville Office of Neighborhood Empowerment Yes! Knoxville is hosting the second annual KAT Krawl, on Thursday, July 30, 6-10 p.m. This bus bar crawl starts at Knoxville Area Transit’s Knoxville Station. Participants will use the Transit App to...
by design | Jul 28, 2026 | The Daily Focus
~ from VILLAGE QUILTERS OF TENNESSEE LOUDON, TN – Almost thirty years ago, the Village Quilters held their first quilt show, and the tradition continues this year. About 150 stunning quilts will be on display at this year’s quilt show, Quilts by the Lake, will be held...
by design | Jul 27, 2026 | The Daily Focus
The Tennessee Supreme Court held today that the Court of Criminal Appeals should not have dismissed a criminal defendant’s appeal simply because he did not include a transcript of his guilty plea hearing in the appellate record. After Georgia resident James Holley...
by design | Jul 27, 2026 | Public Notice
ORDER OF SERVICE BY PUBLICATION TO: BLAKE BRITTON IN RE: DEPENDENT CHILD(REN) BY: STATE OF TENNESSEE, DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN’S SERVICES, Petitioner V. BLAKE BRITTON, Respondent IN THE JUVENILE COURT OF PUTNAM COUNTY, TENNESSEE FILE NO. 26-DN-13 The State of...
by design | Jul 26, 2026 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Early voting up almost 30 percent By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Voting totals are up with 19,900 people casting ballots during the first six days of early voting. As of Thursday, 11,999 people chose the Republican primary and 7,614 chose the...
by design | Jul 26, 2026 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Too few people pay attention to what is going on in their local communities, state or nation. Much has been said about the wave of Democratic Socialist candidates winning congressional races this year. They talk about “workers,” just as the...