by design | Jan 4, 2017 | The Daily Focus
When: 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19 Where: Overcoming Believers Church, 211 Harriet Tubman St. Members of the Police Advisory & Review Committee will hold their quarterly meeting, which is open to the general public and citizens with concerns about crime and...
by design | Jan 4, 2017 | The Daily Focus
Public is invited to explore the work of an author who defined “Southern Gothic” Knox County Public Library is pleased to partner with Pellissippi State Community College to present “Finding Flannery”, a month-long exploration of the life and...
by Joe Rector | Jan 3, 2017 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Okay, 2016 is in the rearview mirror, and I say good riddance. Don’t get me wrong; I am always thankful for the time I have in this life, but the past year has had enough negatives to keep me from wanting to relive it. I’ll take the future… and...
by design | Jan 3, 2017 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore Another New Year is here for me– and you. It is hard to contemplate what the new year will bring, what will we see? What will we hear? What will we do? Just as it is hard for me to contemplate what happened a hundred years ago, in 1917. So I...
by design | Jan 3, 2017 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson As 2017 dawns I’ll admit I’ve become a bit of a skeptic. “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away,” I scoured medical journals for the latest scientific observations and innovations. I always wanted to be on the cutting edge of treatment for my...
by Ralphine Major | Jan 3, 2017 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major “ . . . but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead,” Philippians 3:13 (New American Standard). Paul’s words in his letter to the Philippians always come to mind at this time of year. The window of time...
by Mark Nagi | Jan 3, 2017 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman If you listen to sports talk radio… if you log on to twitter… if you check out Facebook… you would think that Tennessee will soon disband the football program and turn Neyland Stadium into condominiums. The Vols underachieved and boy oh boy is the mob...
by Steve Williams | Jan 3, 2017 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams College football would eventually suffer if more and more high-profile players do like LSU’s Leonard Fournette and Stanford’s Christian McCaffery did and skip their bowl games to prepare for the NFL draft. This would particularly be true if big-name...
by design | Jan 3, 2017 | The Daily Focus
The Arts & Culture Alliance is proud to present the work of 45 of its member artists in the bi-annual exhibitions in the mayors’ offices. Twice a year, the City of Knoxville and Knox County mayors invite the Arts & Culture Alliance to coordinate a display of...
by design | Jan 2, 2017 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Fountain City Auction’s 12th Annual Advertising Auction **DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS THE AUCTION HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO NOON on SATURDAY, JANUARY 14.** By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com If you are a fan of tv shows “American Pickers” or “Storage Wars” or are...
