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...
by design | Jul 19, 2020 | The Daily Focus
A group of 25 local law enforcement officers, hospital security personnel, and school security officers graduated from Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training on Friday, July 10, 2020. CIT trained officers undergo 40 hours of intensive training, which helps...
by design | Jul 18, 2020 | The Daily Focus
Emerald Youth Foundation, a faith-based nonprofit nearly three decades old that serves young people in the heart of the city, is seeking applicants to fill paid, part-time roles within the organization, including positions with its AmeriCorps program. The...