by design | Aug 13, 2017 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Careacter Star Athletes are coming to The Knoxville Focus. Beginning Aug. 21 and each week throughout the 2017 high school football season, recipients of the Careacter Star Athlete award from the 21 teams in The Focus’ coverage area will be...
by design | Aug 13, 2017 | The Daily Focus
The Tennessee State Museum will hold its second “Homeschool Day” on Friday, September 15, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., for parents and children who homeschool. The theme of the day is “Citizenship,” and special programs will center on that theme. As part of naming a...
by design | Aug 12, 2017 | The Daily Focus
With the rare opportunity to view a total solar eclipse, the Blount County Public Library is offering several activities related to the eclipse. The “Viewing and Activities” will occur from 1 to 4 p.m. on Monday, August 21, at the library. Activities before...
by design | Aug 11, 2017 | The Daily Focus
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A number of Tennessee communities will host celebrations to welcome the first total solar eclipse to happen in the state since 1869. This once-in-a-lifetime event and more can be found below. For a complete list of events,...
by design | Aug 11, 2017 | The Daily Focus
The East Tennessee Technology Access Center will launch a new evening program, SPARK, for young adults with disabilities beginning on Monday, September 11, 2017. Daily activities will include art, music, recreation, tutoring and literacy skills as well as...
by design | Aug 10, 2017 | The Daily Focus
Teachers and students across the country will have the opportunity to participate in a new science education program, Citizen Science 2.0 in National Parks, thanks to a $1 million Veverka Family Foundation donation to the National Park Foundation’s Centennial Campaign...
by design | Aug 9, 2017 | The Daily Focus
The Seymour Farmers Market is celebrating National Farmers Market week by partnering with the Sevier County Health Improvement Council and the Sevier County Health Department to promote healthy living. The Market will be visiting the Seymour Boys & Girls...
by design | Aug 9, 2017 | The Daily Focus
Alzheimer’s Tennessee is remembering the remarkable life and music of legendary Country Music Hall of Famer Glen Campbell who died Tuesday, August 8, 2017. From the son of a sharecropper to a Rhinestone Cowboy, Glen Campbell experienced a meteoric rise to the top of...
by design | Aug 9, 2017 | The Daily Focus
The King’s Academy (TKA) campus has been endorsed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as the only Official NASA Event Site in the local East Tennessee area still open to the general public. The only other official viewing location, Clingman’s...
by design | Aug 8, 2017 | The Daily Focus
Status of Clayborn Temple changed from ‘local’ to ‘national significance’ The Tennessee Historical Commission yesterday announced the addition of Blount County’s Vose School, Morgan County’s Tanner Store and Shelby County’s Wildwood Farms to the National...
