by design | Sep 7, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Carson-Newman recognizes Hartman Folks with 2024 Teaching Excellence and Leadership Award Carson-Newman University awarded its 2024 Teaching Excellence and Leadership Award to Heather Hartman Folks. The recognition came during the University’s Fall Convocation on...
by design | Sep 6, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Run for Parkinson’s 5K/10K, Movement Classes, and Wellness Expo Coming to Farragut on September 21st Farragut, TN – Mark your calendars for an inspiring and health-focused event! On September 21st, The Village Greene in Farragut will host the Run for...
by design | Sep 5, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Smokin’ Salmon Swim Team hosts Pooch Plunge – a pool party for dogs! Saturday, September 7, 2024, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. ~ from the Knoxville Jewish Alliance Mark your calendars, Knoxville dog lovers! This weekend, September 7th, there will be an epic dog pool...
by design | Sep 4, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
Back to Normal By Joe Rector Things are back to normal for the most part. Eight weeks ago, I managed to nearly sever my left ring finger with a table saw. Folks ask me if I’m finished using the thing, and I tell them yes … until I figure out something else, I want to...
by design | Sep 4, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Town Hall East Community Meeting Monday, Sept. 9, at 7:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of Eastminster Presbyterian Church: Two Major East Knoxville Projects Section of Chilhowee Park proposed as site of Emerald Youth Foundation complex. Town Hall East will hold its...
by design | Sep 3, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
How a jersey number becomes special By Tom Mattingly When I was working on a book proposal tentatively titled “The University of Tennessee Best of the Best… by the Numbers,” there were a few jersey numbers that were no doubters. Some of the best players in school...
by design | Sep 3, 2024 | Columnist, Nagi
Tennessee rewards Danny White with contract extension By Mark Nagi Sometimes it is difficult to remember. At a time of tremendous success in Tennessee athletics, it’s tough to recollect that less than four years ago, Tennessee athletics was a complete mess. In early...
by design | Sep 3, 2024 | Black, Columnist
Are Hospitals Racist With Kidney Transplants? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com As was the case with my recent posting on the Supreme Court, I once again tread into an area of scant expertise – kidney disease. In the Biden administration’s...
by design | Sep 3, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com On Thursday, we will hold the funeral in Knoxville of my uncle, Judge Joe D. Duncan. The next day, he will be buried at the Duncan Family Cemetery in Scott County, about two miles past Huntsville. Uncle Joe lived a long,...
by design | Sep 3, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson
Comparisons By Dr. Jim Ferguson Well, another conspiracy theory has been proven true. Last week, Mark Zuckerberg admitted that Meta interfered with the 2020 election by suppressing conservative opinion on his platform and preventing the Hunter Biden laptop story from...
