by design | May 5, 2024 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Emerald Youth Foundation holds annual prayer breakfast By Ken Lay Emerald Youth Foundation President and CEO Steve Diggs kept it simple as he made his remarks at the organization’s annual prayer breakfast Friday morning, “The time is now,” Diggs said in his opening...
by design | May 5, 2024 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Matriarch of the Living Wage: Mary Teresa Norton of New Jersey By Ray Hill The first woman ever elected to the U.S. House of Representatives was Jeanette Rankin of Montana, a Republican. Miss Rankin was first elected in 1916. The first woman elected to the House as a...
by design | May 5, 2024 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Knox Museum of Education’s Sock Hop benefit coming back By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Saddle shoes and penny loafers, poodle skirts, short shorts, stovepipe jeans, greased back hair on boys and teased hair for girls, early rock and roll, golden...
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Three from Powell sign to play college soccer By Steve Williams Three Powell High girls soccer players have signed scholarship papers to play on the college level starting next season. Ciarrah Turner will be going to Johnson University, while Makhira Ralston and...
by design | May 5, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Congressman Burchett’s chief of staff departing, announces replacement U.S. Congressman Tim Burchett’s (TN-02) longtime chief of staff, Michael Grider, will be departing his office at the end of June to go into the private sector. Grider has worked for Rep....
by design | May 4, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Carson-Newman Commencement celebrates graduates, Robert Reedy Bryan Society inductees Carson-Newman University announced four inductees into the third class of the Robert Reedy Bryan Society. The recognition took place during C-N’s May 3 Spring Undergraduate...
by design | May 3, 2024 | The Daily Focus
7th Annual Knox County Beaver Creek Flotilla The Beaver Creek Kayak Club will launch its 7th Annual Beaver Creek Flotilla, presented by First Bank, on Saturday, May 18 at 9:30 am. This is a community float on the Beaver Creek (Knox County Water Trail) which is a...
by design | May 2, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Five Points Up coalition hosts annual East Knoxville Community Cleanup Knoxville, Tenn. — The Five Points Up coalition, in partnership with the Knox County Health Department, will host its annual community cleanup in East Knoxville on May 4th. The event will take...
by design | May 1, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Second Harvest Food Bank’s PACK THE BAG Campaign Supporting the 14,000+ students in the Food for Kids Program. May 1 – 14 Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee will be hosting their “Pack the Bag” fundraiser to benefit their Food for Kids Program with...
by design | May 1, 2024 | The Daily Focus
TENNESSEE STATE PARKS, TWRA PARTNER WITH AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION FOR ‘KAYAKING 101’ INSTRUCTION TO KICK OFF NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK For the third year, Tennessee State Parks and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) are joining the Tennessee chapter of...
