by design | Sep 1, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Free suicide prevention training webinars aimed at saving lives UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — September is National Suicide Prevention Month and participants can learn to recognize warning signs of suicide in friends, coworkers, family members or neighbors in need with...
by design | Sep 1, 2024 | The Daily Focus
City council continues to open rules for more housing By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The City of Knoxville is continuing to promote housing in various zones and tonight the city council will consider setting appropriate design standards for...
by design | Aug 31, 2024 | The Daily Focus
EAST TENNESSEE COMMUNITY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EXPO SET FOR SEPT. 7th The Tennessee Department of Health’s Division of Emergency Preparedness is announcing the East Tennessee Community Emergency Preparedness Expo scheduled for 10 am to 2 p.m., on Sept. 7,...
by design | Aug 30, 2024 | The Daily Focus
UT Welcomes Fans to Season Opener Against Chattanooga ~ from UTAD The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, welcomes fans to campus Saturday, Aug. 31, for the season opener against the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The Volunteers will debut the newest Smokey...
by design | Aug 29, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Empower Sevier Initiative: Supporting Families in Crisis ~ from Salvation Army of Sevier and Cocke Counties The Salvation Army of Sevier and Cocke Counties is proud to launch Empower Sevier, a new community initiative designed to provide direct support to local...
by design | Aug 28, 2024 | The Daily Focus
NEA Poetry Fellow Jose Hernandez Diaz at UT Creative Writing Series on September 9 The UT Creative Writing Program is excited to present a poetry reading by current visiting writer, Jose Hernandez Diaz. The reading will take place Monday, September 9 at 7 p.m. in the...
by design | Aug 27, 2024 | The Daily Focus
2024 SENIOR SAFETY SUMMIT FOR OLDER ADULTS AND THEIR CAREGIVERS What: 2024 Senior Safety Summit Who: Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), a program of AmeriCorps Seniors When: Friday, September 6, 2024 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Where: O’Connor Senior Center...
by design | Aug 26, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
baseball Fans Either Love Or Hate The Yankees By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Ben Affleck, a famous movie star, grew up rooting for the Boston Red Sox. He is quoted on the Yankeeshater.com website as saying “I would rather utter the words ‘I worship...
by design | Aug 26, 2024 | Black, Columnist
An Illegal Crisis By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com I am deeply troubled by the report that a group of Trump advisors are working on recommendations to deport the 30+ million illegals in the country. Personally, I do not want to live in a...
by design | Aug 26, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
A Little Kindness By Joe Rector Yes, our community is still in the middle of construction on the new Schaad Road. Our neighborhood road is at the beginning of the detour. Then, the new way empties traffic onto a narrow, one-lane road. Several eighteen-wheel rigs have...
