by design | Feb 28, 2016 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Through a lifetime of coaching, Bill Duncan knows something that’s hard to beat. “Everybody talks about winning,” said Duncan, Heritage High’s veteran boys basketball coach. “It’s not about winning. It’s about the will to win.” Duncan said his...
by design | Feb 28, 2016 | The Daily Focus
The Tennessee Department of Agriculture will celebrate Weights and Measures week March 1-7, 2016. The responsibilities of weights and measures inspectors have expanded beyond the simple scales and meters and now include much more than meets the eye. “The...
by design | Feb 27, 2016 | The Daily Focus
Registration open now for 6K run and 6K/2K walk Local dialysis patients will benefit from the East Tennessee Kidney Foundation’s Lucky Kidney Run and Irish Festival presented by Fresenius Medical Care on Saturday, March 19, in downtown Knoxville. The 5th annual...
by design | Feb 26, 2016 | The Daily Focus
The Knox County Health Department (KCHD) is partnering with Nourish Knoxville to host their first Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Fair Friday, March 11 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the KCHD Community Room, 140 Dameron Ave. “By creating another opportunity...
by design | Feb 25, 2016 | The Daily Focus
Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC) will hold a public meeting to present final renderings of a new affordable senior housing development to Five Points’ residents and community stakeholders on Monday, Feb. 29, at 5:30 p.m. at the Walter P. Taylor...
by design | Feb 24, 2016 | The Daily Focus
Several groups in the Knoxville area have been hard at work to bring the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Red Tail Squadron, America’s tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen, and their RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit mobile theater to town for family-friendly activities in April....
by design | Feb 23, 2016 | The Daily Focus
Knoxville Stomp – an unprecedented “Festival of Lost Music” –comes to downtown Knoxville the first weekend in May Headlined by Dom Flemons, the full lineup includes a diverse array of musicians, writers, scholars, and collectors The Knoxville Stomp, May...
by design | Feb 22, 2016 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher At last week’s Board of Education meeting, Karen Carson again admonished the Law Department for not having provided the full legal opinion requested on January 6 related to the 2003 Order of Compromise. Many people are curious why the school...
by Ralphine Major | Feb 22, 2016 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major She is nineteen years old, but already talented beyond her years. She is a native of North Knoxville and attended Inskip Elementary, Gresham Middle, and Central High Schools. She specializes in drawing portraits of people. It could be said that...
by design | Feb 22, 2016 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore Nothing better to do on these cold wintry days? Read a book! I received three books at Christmastime and, to me, that’s the best gift: “See Me” by Nicholas Sparks, “Depraved Heart” by Patricia Cornwall, and “Johnny Carson” by Henry Bushkin, who was his...
