by design | Apr 26, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Blackberry Festival Join us on June 22, as we host our First Annual Blackberry Festival with 5k, food trucks, vendors, games, live music, and more! This year, all money raised will be donated to Family Promise of Knoxville and the Central Plateau Scholarship Fund of...
by design | Apr 25, 2024 | The Daily Focus
FREE Debt Relief Legal Advice Clinic Scheduled for May 4 Deadline to Register April 26 The Knoxville Bar Association and the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, in partnership with Legal Aid of East Tennessee (LAET), will host a Debt...
by design | Apr 24, 2024 | The Daily Focus
The New Harvest Farmers’ Market Kicks Off on Thursday, April 25 Knox County and Nourish Knoxville will kick off this season’s New Harvest Park Farmers’ Market at 3 p.m. on Thursday, April 25, with Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs ringing the opening bell. Visitors will...
by design | Apr 23, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Below is a statement from Beacon Impact CEO Justin Owen on the educational choice bill failing to move forward the year. “We are deeply disappointed that at a time when school choice legislation is being passed across the country and support among voters is at an...
by design | Apr 23, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Knox County Prepares for Additional Improvements to S. Northshore Drive Knox County Engineering and Public Works expects to begin work late this summer on major improvements to S. Northshore Drive between The Cove at Concord Park and Choto Road. The modernization...
by design | Apr 22, 2024 | Black, Columnist
What checks and balances? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com When I was in school, I was taught that the United States had a system of checks and balances where no one branch of the government could devolve into tyranny given the oversight...
by design | Apr 22, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
Sometimes Winners Become Losers Or Losers Become Winners By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com “If you are as happy, my dear sir, on entering this house as I am in leaving it and returning home, you are the happiest man in this country.” So said President...
by design | Apr 22, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson
Fair Share By Dr. Jim Ferguson Last week was April 15, Tax Day, but to paraphrase the 1960-80s public service announcement, “Do you know where your [dollars] are?” Americans are sending trillions of dollars to Washington, but the government is spending money faster...
by design | Apr 22, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
How smart are we? By Joe Rector I certainly love this country. So often, I give thanks that I was born here and have had all the opportunities that the United States offers. We are the greatest country in the world at this time, and I hope the same holds true for...
by design | Apr 22, 2024 | Columnist, Steely
The memorable cemetery in Beaufort A Day Away By Mike Steely Beaufort, North Carolina, is a small, coastal town next to Morehead City with lots of history and some oddities as well. I was stationed nearby for a couple of years and my wife and I have traveled back a...
