by design | Sep 13, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Breaking: This event has been rescheduled to next Friday, Sept. 20, at the same time due to forecasted weather. Knox County Parks & Rec to Host Third Annual Glow Party Knox County Parks & Recreation will light up Ball Camp Park from 8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. on...
by design | Sep 12, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Community Rally in Knoxville Promotes Plant-Based Diet as Key to Breast Cancer Prevention As Breast Cancer Awareness season unfolds, the Knoxville community is invited to unite at the “Let’s Beat Breast Cancer” rally on September 15 from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at...
by design | Sep 11, 2024 | The Daily Focus
KUB to Host Expo & Job Fair at DeBusk Family Center Boys & Girls Club on October 3 Customers can learn about career opportunities, energy savings, KUB Fiber, and more. Knoxville Utilities Board (KUB) will host an expo to provide customers with an opportunity...
by design | Sep 10, 2024 | The Daily Focus
~ from the Halls Republican Club The Halls Republican Club will meet Tuesday, Sep 10, 2024, at the Boys and Girls Club, 1819 Dry Gap Pike 37918, just off East Emory Rd. As usual, there will be a Meet-and-Greet at 6:05 p.m. with snacks and fellowship, followed by the...
by design | Sep 10, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Finding Higher Ground with Jack Neely and Stephen Wicks Thursday, September 12, 5:30-7:30 p,m, Knoxville History Project executive director and historian Jack Neely and KMA curator Stephen Wicks will discuss the KMA’s recently expanded cornerstone exhibition Higher...
by design | Sep 9, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
Ayres Hall, old scoreboard dominated north end of Shields-Watkins Field By Tom Mattingly Stories about Tennessee football come in all shapes and sizes and from a number of perspectives. This one came from a son wanting to honor his family’s influence on Tennessee...
by design | Sep 9, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
Banned but not forgotten By Joe Rector The other night, Amy and I sat down to watch a movie. We chose an old, black-and-white version of “To Kill a Mockingbird.” It was the one where Gregory Peck played the wise Atticus and had a voice that sounded like God when he...
by design | Sep 9, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson
Positive Law Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. John Adams By Dr. Jim Ferguson Americans take things for granted; it’s human nature. I’ll switch to the personal pronoun and say I expect to wake up every morning and everything will still...
by design | Sep 9, 2024 | Columnist, Steely
Visiting Old Fort Marr in Benton A Day Away By Mike Steely Many of our region’s historical structures are not where they originally stood. Many, like Fort South West Point in Kingston, were reconstructed where the fort once stood and others, like Fort White in...
by design | Sep 9, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
Reason Cecil’s Grocery, Part 1 By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Editor’s Note: This is part one of a two-part series that was originally published in the September 26, 2016, issue of Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture. Almost two years ago my wife...
