by design | May 11, 2014 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay HARRIMAN—Grace Christian Academy’s baseball took a long road to win the District 3-A Championship. The Rams, who had to come through the loser’s bracket, clinched the title with a 4-0 win over Midway Thursday night at Harriman High School. “I’m...
by design | May 11, 2014 | News, The Daily Focus
*Source Knoxville Force NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release May 11, 2014 KNOXVILLE FORCE DROP SEASON OPENER TO NASHVILLE FC Starting off in the pouring rain Saturday evening at Regal Soccer Stadium, the Knoxville Force welcomed the newly-chartered...
by design | May 9, 2014 | Knoxville, The Daily Focus
“This is the best time on the planet to be graduating.” The was the message personal money-management expert and national radio personality Dave Ramsey underscored in his message to University of Tennessee, Knoxville, graduates on Friday....
by design | May 9, 2014 | Knoxville, The Daily Focus
A.L. Lotts hosted the Kickoff for the 27th Annual Straight from the Heart Sack Pack Material Drive this morning! Thanks to the leadership team for helping to move all the donations that A.L. Lotts students brought in throughout the week! This event was kicking...
by design | May 9, 2014 | Knox County, The Daily Focus
2014 marks a milestone anniversary with the Dogwood Arts Festival: it is the 60th year since the Dogwood Trails were conceived by a visionary Trail Committee. This year, Sequoyah Hills is the featured Dogwood Trail and in celebration of this Trail, select homes with...
by design | May 9, 2014 | Knoxville, sports, The Daily Focus
What: Knoxville Force vs. Nashville F.C. When: Saturday, May 10, 7:30 p.m. Where: Regal Soccer Stadium, University of Tennessee Campus The Knoxville Force will open the 2014 season against the Nashville F.C. this Saturday, May 10, at 7:30 p.m. “We are...
by Ralphine Major | May 5, 2014 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major Butler has been a prominent name in the Gibbs Community for many years. Their name was associated with a landmark of the community. The sixth starter’s father, Bill Butler, owned a neighborhood grocery store at the corner of Tazewell Pike and Barker...
by Joe Rector | May 5, 2014 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector I’m back in the workforce for a week now. Admittedly, adjusting to working as many as 10 hours a day is tough, but getting up isn’t nearly as bad as I thought it would be. In fact, having a schedule by which to go is something I like…sort of. This job is...
by design | May 5, 2014 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Summer will soon be here and you may think it’s strange, but I have been thinking about ticks. Perhaps it’s because I found one on my pant leg this week and, serendipitously(?), an article on these pests appeared in the New England Journal of...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | May 5, 2014 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Sharon Frankenberg, Attorney at Law Human sex trafficking is the most common form of modern day slavery. It is an organized and violent business. According to the FBI’s website, “women and young girls are sold to traffickers, locked up in rooms or brothels for...
