by design | Mar 10, 2024 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Knoxville Catholic girls spray white grape juice to celebrate their back-to-back Division II-AA state championship on March 2 at Tennessee Tech’s Hooper Eblen Center in Cookeville. Falcons working to be ready for state By Steve Williams Fulton High’s boys...
by design | Mar 10, 2024 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
PHOTO BY STEVE WILLIAMS Austin-East Head Coach Denard Bertram (far left) talks to his basketball team after practice Friday at the Clifford H. Ross Gymnasium. Bertram, in his second season at A-E, has guided the Roadrunners to their first state tournament berth since...
by design | Mar 10, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Marble Springs State Historic Site Hosts Stargazing Event Featuring Meteor Showers Marble Springs State Historic Site invites the community to its Stargazing event on April 20th, from 6 PM to 11 PM, in partnership with the University of Tennessee Physics Department....
by design | Mar 9, 2024 | The Daily Focus
The Suffrage Coalition and Council on Aging present two documentary films for Women’s History Month Who: The Suffrage Coalition in partnership with the Council on Aging What: During Women’s History Month, please join The Suffrage Coalition at O’Connor Senior...
by design | Mar 8, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Lakeway CASA hosting 12th Annual Gala: Nurturing Hope: The Giving Tree Gala March 19th at Walters State Community College A special night focused on raising awareness about Lakeway CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) and their commitment to making a difference...
by design | Mar 7, 2024 | The Daily Focus
~ from the North Knoxville Business & Professional Association Join Us March 8th We will meet at Emerald Youth Foundation located at 1718 North Central Our breakfast sponsor this month is Karen Hardin, Allow Me, LLC. Be sure and thank these wonderful...
by design | Mar 6, 2024 | The Daily Focus
The Tennessee Valley Fair Foundation is now accepting applications for the Dwight Kessel Leadership Scholarship. This one-time $1,000 scholarship will be granted to an East Tennessee graduating high school senior. For requirements, information, and the application,...
by design | Mar 5, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Eligible Tennessee taxpayers can now use free IRS Direct File TN-2024-03, March 5, 2024 Washington – The IRS announced today that eligible Tennessee taxpayers can now use IRS Direct File, a new service that provides taxpayers with the choice to electronically file...
by design | Mar 4, 2024 | Black, Columnist
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com A couple of years ago I wrote an article on why the progressive media insists that we capitalize the “b” in black when it refers to race. As was the case with the movement of DEI (diversity, equity...
by design | Mar 4, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
Ukraine Has Received Mega-Billions From U.S., Other Countries By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com As of mid-January, global aid to Ukraine has reached what the Kiel Institute for the World Economy described as the “staggering” amount of $278 billion. This...