by design | Nov 20, 2016 | The Daily Focus
By Mike Steely The on premise sale of beer near churches will get a second and final reading in the City Council’s Tuesday meeting. The controversial change in the local ordinance would remove all distance requirements between the beer retailers and houses of worship...
by design | Nov 19, 2016 | sports, The Daily Focus
By Ken Lay A stifling defense helped West Valley Middle School’s boys basketball team earn an early-season Knox County Middle School Basketball Conference victory over rival Cedar Bluff Thursday night. “This was really an ugly game to watch,” Wolves first-year head...
by design | Nov 19, 2016 | The Daily Focus
Keep Knoxville Beautiful is now accepting nominations from the public for its beautification awards, the Orchids. Since 1979, Keep Knoxville Beautiful has presented Orchid Awards to Knoxville and Knox County buildings and outdoor spaces that beautify and elevate the...
by design | Nov 18, 2016 | The Daily Focus
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, welcomes fans to campus Saturday for this year’s final home football game. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. EST for the Volunteers’ game against the University of Missouri Tigers. Gates open at 1:30 p.m. CBS will...
by design | Nov 17, 2016 | The Daily Focus
The Secret City Half Marathon & 5K (SCHM) has grown into one of the largest athletic events in the region. A field of an estimated 1000 participants will run and/or walk their way to the finish line when the event celebrates its eighth anniversary on Saturday,...
by design | Nov 16, 2016 | The Daily Focus
The Knox County Health Department (KCHD), Smoke-Free Knoxville and community partners will mark the Great American Smokeout (GASO), Thursday, Nov. 17, with youth-focused events and an appeal to all community members to congratulate those who have quit and...
by design | Nov 16, 2016 | The Daily Focus
Northwest Middle School — in partnership with Great Schools Partnership, local churches, faith organizations, and Norwood Homeowners Association — will host a Community Thanksgiving Celebration. This event will be on Saturday, November 19, from...
by design | Nov 15, 2016 | The Daily Focus
Investigators with the Tennessee Department of Agriculture’s (TDA) Agriculture Crime Unit, along with authorities in Sequatchie and Monroe Counties and the State Fire Marshal’s office have arrested two people suspected in separate arson cases. Matthew Ryan...
by design | Nov 15, 2016 | The Daily Focus
Preregister Today for Farmers Market Boot Camp Workshops in January and February University of Tennessee Extension announces a new round of Farmers Market Boot Camps for producers planning to grow fruits, vegetables or nuts for direct marketing. In January and...
by design | Nov 14, 2016 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson As I drove to work November 7, 2008, I marveled at how normal everything looked, where in fact everything had changed. Obama had just been elected President on the promise of “hope and change.” We got the change, and this almost destroyed our hope....
