by design | Jul 23, 2020 | COVID-19, The Daily Focus
The Clarence Brown Theatre and the Department of Theater will suspend live theater productions for the remainder of 2020. “The ongoing incompatibility of theatrical production with University policy and best public health practices in response to COVID-19...
by design | Jul 22, 2020 | COVID-19, The Daily Focus
Given the current pandemic, Knox County Schools and the Knox County Health Department have been working even more closely. Staff from both KCS and KCHD have weekly scheduled calls and are in regular communication regarding COVID-19 and a variety of matters. KCHD...
by design | Jul 21, 2020 | COVID-19, The Daily Focus
State Senator Richard Briggs (R-Knoxville) is encouraging citizens to take advantage of Tennessee’s 15th annual Sales Tax Holiday set to begin the last weekend in July. This year, the General Assembly passed legislation extending the yearly tax-free weekend to two...
by design | Jul 20, 2020 | The Daily Focus
By Steve Williams In June it looked like Collin Ironside would be playing college football as a preferred walk-on and scout team quarterback at Troy University in Alabama. The Bearden High scholar-athlete was waiting to hear back from the Trojans about how much...
by design | Jul 20, 2020 | The Daily Focus
By Steve Williams Seventeen girls and seven adults put in four hours of community service work Friday at Inskip Ball Park, “prepping the field for when and if we get to play” in this year’s Middle School Fall Softball League, said James Swaney, Central High head...
by design | Jul 20, 2020 | The Daily Focus
Emerald Academy, Knoxville’s only public charter school, shared its reopening plan for the upcoming school year with scholars and parents Thursday evening. Emerald Academy will reopen August 10, 2020. This is a delay of two weeks from the originally scheduled...
