by design | Mar 29, 2026 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Elective political careers frequently have a short expiration date, while others keep going until they literally drop. Much of the longevity depends upon circumstance, timing, luck and ability. Some political careers are the result of careful planning and...
by design | Mar 29, 2026 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay Some timely hitting, solid defense and steady pitching were the ingredients for a winning recipe for the West High School softball in a non-district midweek victory over rival Bearden Wednesday night. The Lady Rebels (5-5) and Lady Bulldogs (4-6) were...
by design | Mar 29, 2026 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Like everything else, the costs to honor the Careacter Star Athletes this year have gone up. Award T-shirts and packages have nearly doubled in price. When Dave Moore, the director of the CSA program, gave coaches the news, they understood that...
by design | Mar 29, 2026 | The Daily Focus
Knox County and Knoxville-Knox County Planning have announced new in-person and virtual public meetings for the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), the third and final phase of Advance Knox. These meetings will focus on different components of the UDO and provide an...
by design | Mar 28, 2026 | The Daily Focus
Trees Knoxville will continue its efforts to make public transit more comfortable and sustainable with a tree-planting event on Thursday, April 2, at 11:00 a.m., at the Concord Northbound bus stop at Tyson Park. This planting is part of the ongoing “Shade While You...
by design | Mar 27, 2026 | The Daily Focus
Sunday, March 29 is National Vietnam War Veterans Day. The Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Act, signed by President Trump in 2017, calls upon all Americans to observe this day with appropriate ceremonies to commemorate the Vietnam War. March 29 was chosen because on...
by design | Mar 26, 2026 | The Daily Focus
Downtown Knoxville will showcase creativity from March 26-29, with a lineup of free artistic experiences across the city center. “Make. Art. Music.” is hosted by downtown merchants and venues and coincides with the Big Ears Festival, one of East Tennessee’s largest...
by design | Mar 25, 2026 | The Daily Focus
Sunshine Services will host Golden Hour: An Evening to Shine Forward on Friday, March 27, from 6:00–9:00 PM at its warehouse location, transforming the space for one night into a high-energy, industrial-chic event celebrating the organization’s next chapter. The...
by design | Mar 24, 2026 | The Daily Focus
~ from Visit Knoxville Visit Knoxville Sports Commission (VKSC) officially celebrates ten years of bringing sporting events to Knoxville and Knox County. What began in 2016 as a strategic initiative within Visit Knoxville has grown into a powerful driver of tourism,...
by design | Mar 23, 2026 | Columnist, Pratt
By Justin Pratt, Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor What if God wasn’t necessarily looking for polished belief, but just sheer honesty in the real and raw human need? In Mark 9, we are privileged to relive the story of a father who stands in a crowd, watching...
