by design | Dec 29, 2019 | The Daily Focus
By Mike Steely In 1862 President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation to free anyone held in slavery and the act went into effect on January 1, 1863. On the first day of 2020 the Knoxville branch of the National Association for the Advancement of...
by design | Dec 27, 2019 | The Daily Focus
~ from UTAD By Zach Stipe, Director of Football Communications JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The last time the Tennessee football team played in Jacksonville, sophomore quarterback Joshua Dobbs was the star, accounting for three total touchdowns in a 45-28 victory over...
by design | Dec 26, 2019 | The Daily Focus
Appalachian Arts Craft Center in Norris, TN is offering the following art classes in January and Early February: Beginner’s Knitting Class 1/19, Handbuilding with Clay Mondays starting 1/27, Painting Winter Cardinals 2/9, Beginner’s Knitting Class 2/16. For...
by design | Dec 24, 2019 | The Daily Focus
City of Knoxville offices will be closed Christmas Eve on Tuesday, Dec. 24, Christmas Day on Wednesday, Dec. 25, and New Year’s Day, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. Additionally, Knoxville Area Transit buses and trolleys do not run on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. ...
by design | Dec 22, 2019 | The Daily Focus
Trees Knoxville is offering Level 2 Volunteer Forester training that will begin on Wednesday, Jan. 8, and run for four consecutive Wednesdays (15, 22, and 29), 6-9 p.m. at the Public Works Building, 3131 Morris Ave. You do NOT have to have Level 1 Volunteer Forester...
by design | Dec 21, 2019 | The Daily Focus
Representative Rick Staples (D- District 15) and the Tennessee Department of Labor will meet to discuss the state of poverty in the East Tennessee region, particularly in the African American community. The meeting will focus on the coordination and collaboration of...
