by design | May 5, 2024 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Isaiah 117 House holds fundraising luncheon By Ken Lay The Knoxville Isaiah 117 House held its fundraising luncheon early last week at Buffat Heights Baptist Church. The event, hosted by WVLT anchor Casey Wheeless, was held to raise money and seek volunteers for the...
by design | May 5, 2024 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Peaceful Protests Or Insurrections? By Steve Hunley America is wearing its crown of thorns following a decade of restorative practices and the absence of consequences rampant for so long, and most especially in the last four years. During the summer of the antifa...
by design | May 5, 2024 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Emerald Youth Foundation holds annual prayer breakfast By Ken Lay Emerald Youth Foundation President and CEO Steve Diggs kept it simple as he made his remarks at the organization’s annual prayer breakfast Friday morning, “The time is now,” Diggs said in his opening...
by design | May 5, 2024 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Matriarch of the Living Wage: Mary Teresa Norton of New Jersey By Ray Hill The first woman ever elected to the U.S. House of Representatives was Jeanette Rankin of Montana, a Republican. Miss Rankin was first elected in 1916. The first woman elected to the House as a...
by design | May 5, 2024 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Knox Museum of Education’s Sock Hop benefit coming back By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Saddle shoes and penny loafers, poodle skirts, short shorts, stovepipe jeans, greased back hair on boys and teased hair for girls, early rock and roll, golden...
by design | May 5, 2024 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Three from Powell sign to play college soccer By Steve Williams Three Powell High girls soccer players have signed scholarship papers to play on the college level starting next season. Ciarrah Turner will be going to Johnson University, while Makhira Ralston and...
