by design | Aug 27, 2023 | Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:, Williams
Black’s parents signed him up to play at C-N By Steve Williams On Carson-Newman’s 1963 football roster, Bobby Black, senior co-captain, was listed as a 6-3, 200-pound center. Back then, 60 years ago, that was considered pretty good size for a college lineman. Over the...
by design | Aug 27, 2023 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Commission moves to control short-term home rentals By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com When the Knox County Commission met last week it heard from citizens urging the county to adopt rules and regulations dealing with short-term housing rentals....
by design | Aug 27, 2023 | The Daily Focus
DON SUNDQUIST, 47TH GOVERNOR OF TENNESSEE, PASSES AWAY Sundquist served as Governor from 1995 to 2003 COLLIERVILLE, Tenn. – Today, at the Sundquist family’s request, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee’s office shared that Governor Don Sundquist passed away peacefully,...
by design | Aug 27, 2023 | The Daily Focus
LABOR DAY WEEKEND! 8th Annual Ancient Sounds Music Festival A celebration of Celtic and Appalachian music! Click here for Tickets and more info about Ancient Sounds! We’re only one week away from this years’ Ancient Sounds Music Festival! The weather is...
by design | Aug 26, 2023 | The Daily Focus
Deadline to Sign Up For Leadership Training Classes Approaches The Office of Neighborhood Empowerment (ONE) is proud to bring back its leadership training class called “Building Strong Neighborhood Organizations.” The program consists of 11 classes, starting Monday,...
by design | Aug 25, 2023 | The Daily Focus
The inaugural international FILM FEST KNOX will be held in Knoxville, Tennessee November 9-12, 2023. Festival passes for the 2023 festival go on sale Wednesday, August 30. Festival passes are $100 per person and will be available for purchase online at...
by design | Aug 24, 2023 | The Daily Focus
6,000 Volunteer Mentors Needed by October 20, 2023 As students across the state return to school and begin their college careers, tnAchieves is hard at work to recruit the 6,000 more mentors still needed to support the TN Promise Class of 2024. With just two months...
by design | Aug 23, 2023 | The Daily Focus
Hoops for Hope slated for Saturday at Farragut High Farragut High School will host the annual Hoops for Hope event this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Down Syndrome Awareness Group of East Tennessee. Both the Tennessee Vols and...
by design | Aug 22, 2023 | The Daily Focus
Knox County to Host Basketball Tournament for Adults and Youth End your summer right with the county’s first-ever outdoor basketball tournament this weekend! Knox County Parks and Recreation Department will host the event Friday, Aug. 25 through Sunday, Aug. 27 at...
by design | Aug 21, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
Trump Cases Are Fueled By Partisan Political Hatred By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com There is a very old saying that a zealous prosecutor can indict a ham sandwich if he wanted to. If we really believed in the presumption of innocence – that a person is...
