by design | Jun 25, 2023 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Baker, four-time state champ, stayed on track By Steve Williams In life, people often have to overcome hurdles. In the sports world, track and field hurdlers can run into difficulty, too. Brianna Baker, Grace Christian Academy’s female Student-Athlete of the Year,...
by design | Jun 25, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill The best-selling author Pearl Buck once wrote, “If you want to understand today you have to search yesterday.” History is comprised of the high and the low and everything in between. The “great” historical figures every child (at least in my day) grew up...
by design | Jun 25, 2023 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Madelyn and Charlie made No. 4 look good Both Webb honorees wore that number By Steve Williams Besides being Webb School’s Student-Athletes of the Year, there was something else Madelyn Ladd and Charlie Robinson had in common. Both wore No. 4. Madelyn made the...
by design | Jun 25, 2023 | Columnist, Steely, Stories In This Week's Focus:
A Day Away By Mike Steely The little town of Tazewell is one of my favorite places and if you only drive along Highway 25E through Claiborne County, you’ll miss the historic town center. Tazewell is just south of Cumberland Gap and has existed since 1804. Tazewell,...
by design | Jun 25, 2023 | The Daily Focus
East Tennessee Purchasing Association to host 15th Annual Business Matching & Tradeshow July 20 event to connect businesses to government agencies and vendors Representatives of small and mid-sized businesses interested in working with local governments can...
by design | Jun 24, 2023 | The Daily Focus
New grant opportunity available to create community child care hubs; TDHS will make up to $5 million dollars available in funding efforts to grow child care capacity in newly licensed agencies The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) has opened applications...
