by design | Apr 28, 2024 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
No. 5 in a series on TODD HELTON, Hall of Famer Helton had a bat that sizzled and hit angry line drives Jon Miller assisted Bud Bales in coaching Todd Helton in baseball at Central High School and was Joel Helton’s Defensive Coordinator and Special Teams coach...
by design | Apr 28, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Tennessee-Based TERRA Launches Electronics Recycling Initiative Employing Adults with Autism Devices for Autism mail-in laptop and tablet recycling program now available in eight states Tennessee-based TERRA, (The Electronics Reuse & Recycling Alliance) is turning...
by design | Apr 27, 2024 | The Daily Focus
MEDIC Regional Blood Center is Ready for Warmer Temperatures with Soaky Mountain Tickets WHO: MEDIC Regional Blood Center WHAT: Soaky Mountain Admission Ticket WHEN: Through May 10 WHERE: Donor...
by design | Apr 26, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Blackberry Festival Join us on June 22, as we host our First Annual Blackberry Festival with 5k, food trucks, vendors, games, live music, and more! This year, all money raised will be donated to Family Promise of Knoxville and the Central Plateau Scholarship Fund of...
by design | Apr 25, 2024 | The Daily Focus
FREE Debt Relief Legal Advice Clinic Scheduled for May 4 Deadline to Register April 26 The Knoxville Bar Association and the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, in partnership with Legal Aid of East Tennessee (LAET), will host a Debt...
by design | Apr 24, 2024 | The Daily Focus
The New Harvest Farmers’ Market Kicks Off on Thursday, April 25 Knox County and Nourish Knoxville will kick off this season’s New Harvest Park Farmers’ Market at 3 p.m. on Thursday, April 25, with Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs ringing the opening bell. Visitors will...
by design | Apr 23, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Below is a statement from Beacon Impact CEO Justin Owen on the educational choice bill failing to move forward the year. “We are deeply disappointed that at a time when school choice legislation is being passed across the country and support among voters is at an...
by design | Apr 23, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Knox County Prepares for Additional Improvements to S. Northshore Drive Knox County Engineering and Public Works expects to begin work late this summer on major improvements to S. Northshore Drive between The Cove at Concord Park and Choto Road. The modernization...
by design | Apr 22, 2024 | Black, Columnist
What checks and balances? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com When I was in school, I was taught that the United States had a system of checks and balances where no one branch of the government could devolve into tyranny given the oversight...
by design | Apr 22, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
Sometimes Winners Become Losers Or Losers Become Winners By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com “If you are as happy, my dear sir, on entering this house as I am in leaving it and returning home, you are the happiest man in this country.” So said President...
