by design | Mar 2, 2025 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Spirits high as Austin-East continues to build baseball program By Ken Lay The 2025 high school baseball season is scheduled to begin today (March 3) for most area teams and athletes at Knox County’s Austin-East High School are just grateful to take the field...
by design | Mar 2, 2025 | The Daily Focus
Delta Sigma Theta presents free Empowerment Forum The Oak Ridge Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. and the National Coalition of 100 Black Women Greater Knoxville Chapter will host a free Economic Development Empowerment Forum: “Empower Today,...
by design | Mar 1, 2025 | The Daily Focus
Come Discover the Celebration! Join Project Linus for a Day of Creativity and Community ~ from Concord United Methodist Church Project Linus of East Tennessee invites the community to a special Celebration event on Saturday, March 8, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at...
by design | Feb 28, 2025 | The Daily Focus
~ from Your Town Hall East Board Town Hall East will hold its regularly scheduled community meeting on Monday, March 10, at 7 p.m. in the Rust Fellowship Hall of Eastminster Presbyterian Church. The focus of the meeting will be on two ecological questions of great...
by design | Feb 27, 2025 | The Daily Focus
Secretary Wright to Visit Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Y-12 National Security Complex WASHINGTON—U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright will travel to Oak Ridge, Tennessee this week to visit Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Y-12 National Security Complex....
by design | Feb 27, 2025 | The Daily Focus
Knoxville Choral Society Presents “A Community in Song” Concert on February 28, 2025 The Knoxville Choral Society proudly presents A Community in Song, an inspiring evening of choral music celebrating light, transformation, passion, and the power of community. Join us...
by design | Feb 26, 2025 | The Daily Focus
AARP To Host Scam Jam Event to Fight Fraud Free Fraud Prevention Event to Feature National, Local Experts AARP Tennessee is taking the fight against fraud to the next level. On February 27, the organization will host a Scam Jam event to equip residents with the tools...
by design | Feb 25, 2025 | The Daily Focus
Burchett to hold press conference on HR 260 – No Tax Dollars for Terrorists Act WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., will hold a press conference Tuesday on H.R. 260, the No Tax Dollars for Terrorists Act. The Senate version of the legislation...
by design | Feb 24, 2025 | Columnist, Williams
Will Peyton fill the color analyst position at UT? By Steve Williams Any day now I expect to hear Mike Keith scream “SAACK!!” And in the distance, Peyton Manning shouting “OMAHA!” just to let Mike know he was on his way to Rocky Top. Yep, I wouldn’t be surprised at...
by design | Feb 24, 2025 | Black, Columnist
The Trump Doctrine and Palestinian Diaspora By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Trump’s crazy talk (how my sainted mother would have characterized it) is producing results. He threatened Canada and Mexico with tariffs and they strengthened...
