by design | Feb 26, 2026 | The Daily Focus
~ from Wellpoint Tennessee Wellpoint Tennessee will host its annual Healthy Hearts and Smiles event on Thursday, February 26, at the Wesley House Community Center in Knoxville, offering free heart and dental screenings, health education, and family wellness resources...
by design | Feb 25, 2026 | The Daily Focus
Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee has successfully concluded its annual Pack the Bag fundraiser, held Feb. 12–23, in support of its Food for Kids program. Thanks to the generosity of donors and community partners, this year’s campaign will help provide more...
by design | Feb 24, 2026 | The Daily Focus
~ from Town Hall East Town Hall East’s next membership meeting will be on Monday evening, March 9, at 7 p.m. in the Rust Fellowship Hall of Eastminster Presbyterian Church. The meeting will be a short one and will feature a presentation by Nancy Welch, who will talk...
by design | Feb 23, 2026 | Columnist, Ferguson
We want to make it easy to vote, but hard to cheat. GOP Senator Mike Lee By Dr. Jim Ferguson If you have never done it and have the opportunity, you should try it. This was the modus operandi of the Ferguson family raising our girls. If you tried Brussels sprouts and...
by design | Feb 23, 2026 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. There is a very small, private dining room at the White House directly under the Oval Office. It is for the president, vice president and the very top White House aides. I had the privilege of having lunch there two times. The second time, I was...
by design | Feb 23, 2026 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector I’ve listened to several news reports about countries other than the U.S. lately. One thing in particular has caught my attention: so many other country leaders and their citizens speak English. The citizens sometimes make mistakes in word choice or verb...
by design | Feb 23, 2026 | Columnist, Pratt
By Justin Pratt, Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor My guiltiest pleasure is simple: I like some old-school country music. Before you assume the worst, I’m not talking about songs celebrating drunken binges or bad decisions. I’m talking about the golden era....
by design | Feb 23, 2026 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi The Tennessee Volunteers have gone through a lot of changes this offseason, and nowhere is that more evident than on the defensive side of the football. Jim Knowles takes over for Tim Banks as defensive coordinator. This marks a significant change...
by design | Feb 23, 2026 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly Tennessee and Notre Dame squared off at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Ind., on Nov. 3, 2001, as a crowd of 80,795 watched on a picture perfect November day. It was one of those afternoons the South Bend Chamber of Commerce would like to...
by design | Feb 23, 2026 | The Daily Focus
The UT Creative Writing Program is excited to present a reading by poet Gabrielle Bates. The reading will take place Monday, March 2 at 7 p.m. in the Lindsay Young Auditorium of John C. Hodges Library on the UT Campus. The event is free and open to the public....
