by design | Jan 2, 2018 | The Daily Focus
It’s a night of sweet laughter to benefit the Julia Barbara Foundation! Chocolatefest 2018 will kick off with Chocolate & Comedy with Leanne Morgan on Friday, January 26 at 6:30 p.m. at the Knoxville Convention Center! Local queen of comedy, Leanne Morgan, will...
by design | Jan 1, 2018 | The Daily Focus
Knoxville Children’s Theatre, in partnership with Gannett Newspapers, will present “Whatever Happened to Little Red Riding Hood?,” an original comic mashup of many Brothers Grimm fairy tales. The play will be performed Jan. 19 through Feb. 4, Thursdays and Fridays at...
by design | Dec 31, 2017 | The Daily Focus
Michael K. Shaffer is a Civil War Historian, author, lecturer ,newspaper columnist, tour guide and this month’s guest speaker at the Knoxville Civil War Roundtable. Shaffer is also the former president of the Cobb County Roundtable and currently serves on...
by design | Dec 30, 2017 | The Daily Focus
By Focus Staff When the Kay’s Ice Cream shop on Chapman Highway first opened in 1946, World War II had ended less than a year earlier. Tennessee was represented in the United States Senate by Kenneth D. McKellar and Tom Stewart; Jim McCord sat in the...
by design | Dec 29, 2017 | The Daily Focus
The Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) will conduct an aggressive traffic safety enforcement campaign during the 2017 New Year’s Eve Holiday period beginning Friday, December 29, at 6:00 p.m. and concluding Monday, January 1, at 11:59 p.m. State troopers will perform...
by design | Dec 29, 2017 | The Daily Focus
Make a New Year’s resolution to hike at a Tennessee State Park on Jan. 1. Fifty-five state parks will offer a free, guided hike as part of the annual nationwide ‘First Day Hikes’ event. “From midnight hikes to historical tours to kayak paddles, Tennessee State Parks...