by design | Feb 27, 2014 | Knoxville, News, The Daily Focus
Utility work will close lanes of traffic temporarily on South Gay Street and Chapman Highway on Thursday, while Saturday’s Mardi Growl dog parade and festival will mean some downtown road closures and no-parking areas. Thursday, Feb. 27 – 1-3 a.m. KUB...
by design | Feb 27, 2014 | News, The Daily Focus
On Saturday, March 1, the sixth annual Rusty Wallace Honda Run for the Schools 5K Run/Walk will kick off at 8 a.m. at the Knoxville Zoo and Chilhowee Park. During last year’s event, approximately 1,600 participants helped raise almost $17,000 for the Knox County...
by design | Feb 24, 2014 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I noticed the announcement on the door of the Doctor’s lounge. It was another list of drug shortages similar to the one that appeared last July. I assumed the first one was an aberration. Apparently it was not. I read over the current list...
by Ralphine Major | Feb 24, 2014 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major We waited—and it came. The world seems to come to a stop, or at least slow down, when Mother Nature blankets the earth in snowflakes. What was once a common sight in East Tennessee winter is now more rare. The second week of February 2014...
by design | Feb 24, 2014 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore Tai Chi means Supreme Ultimate in the Chinese language. I thought I would be taking Tai Chi lessons a while back but little inconveniences kept getting in the way. The first week — bad weather, the second week–a bad cold, third week, my...
by Mark Nagi | Feb 24, 2014 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman This was supposed to be the season that the Tennessee Volunteers returned to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2011. There wasn’t going to be any “bubble” talk this time around. The Vols returned one of the SEC’s top scorers in senior guard...
by Steve Williams | Feb 24, 2014 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams His players hadn’t heard of “Rupp’s Runts,” but Halls High School basketball coach Randy Moore knew about the famous Kentucky team of the mid-1960s coached by Adolph Rupp. I had heard Moore had a “short” team this season, so I asked him if he would...
by Joe Rector | Feb 24, 2014 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector I watched “Good Morning Joe” recently, and one short segment discussed a bill in Kansas that allows spanking. It says the teachers and parents may spank a child and leave marks. Prior to this bill, spanking was allowed only if it didn’t leave any marks...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Feb 24, 2014 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Sharon Frankenberg, Attorney at Law The issue of grandparents’ visitation rights has been addressed by the United States Supreme Court in the case of Troxel v. Granville, 530 U.S. 57 (2000). In that case, an unmarried couple had two daughters. The couple’s...
by design | Feb 23, 2014 | Archived Editions, Archives
Click here to view this week’s Knoxville Focus. New AP Classes bring Opportunities for Central High School By David Klein A huge opportunity now exists for high school students in Northeast Knoxville. Central High School is doubling the Advanced Placement (AP)...
