by design | May 10, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Mother’s Day Feast at Shoney’s Restaurants Shoney’s of Knoxville, Inc., with 18 locally owned restaurants located in 10 East Tennessee counties, is offering many special items along with delicious favorites on the Mother’s Day Feast on Sunday, May 12th. The Mother’s...
by design | May 9, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Tennessee Justice Center Honors Paige Dailey as “Mother of the Year” ~ from Tennessee Justice Center For 24 years, Mother’s Day has been a grand celebration at the Tennessee Justice Center (TJC). Every year, TJC honors courageous moms, foster moms, grandmothers, and...
by design | May 8, 2024 | The Daily Focus
WHAT: HONOR FOUNTAIN CITY DAY IN THE PARK 2024, a traditional Memorial Day community celebration honoring our veterans and our essential workers WHERE: FOUNTAIN CITY PARK, 5345 NORTH BROADWAY WHEN: MEMORIAL DAY, MONDAY, MAY 27, 2024, 10 AM TO 5 PM EVERYONE IS...
by design | May 7, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Mayor Jacobs, Community Leaders Kick-off Third Year of One Book Read City KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – More than 30,000 local elementary students gathered at schools across Knox County last week to learn the title of this year’s One Book Read City novel. ...
by design | May 6, 2024 | Black, Columnist
Et Tu, Kamala? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com It is not inconceivable that the “winner” of the presidential election in November might not become president. The Founding Fathers were fearful of the tyranny of the majority and...
by design | May 6, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
I Oppose Both Killing Of Children And Lawbreaking By Students By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Regular readers of my column know that I have been extremely saddened by the killing of thousands of little Palestinian children with Israeli bombs. Possibly even...
by design | May 6, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
Dangerous Detour By Joe Rector Work continues on the new road that will relieve congestion on Ball Camp Pike. Those of us at this end of the county have waited plenty long enough to have completion of the project in sight. The road work began about 15 years ago, but...
by design | May 6, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson
The Apology Never confuse education with intelligence; you can have a PhD and still be an idiot. Richard Feynman (theoretical physicist) By Dr. Jim Ferguson I may owe my readers an apology if this week’s column is not perfect. I use that superlative whimsically...
by design | May 6, 2024 | Columnist, Nagi
Three Vols picked in 2024 NFL Draft By Mark Nagi The NFL Draft is once again a showcase for Tennessee Volunteer alums. Last month three former Vols were picked. This might not have been as impressive as 2023 when five former Vols were taken in the first three rounds,...
by design | May 6, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
Visionaries who dream great dreams By Tom Mattingly Over the years, Vol fans across the expanse of Big Orange Country have anxiously awaited game stories and columns in the state’s newspapers by Bob Wilson, Walter Stewart, Early Maxwell, Edgar Allen, Tom Anderson,...
