by design | Dec 10, 2023 | The Daily Focus
The Salvation Army Responds to December 9th Tornadoes [Nashville, TN] (December 10, 2023) – The Salvation Army is preparing to respond to the areas affected by the tornadoes that hit our community on December 9, 2023, in Middle Tennessee. Currently, we are assessing...
by design | Dec 9, 2023 | The Daily Focus
Carson-Newman University celebrates winter graduates Carson-Newman University celebrated some 190 graduates during its Winter Commencement on Thursday, Dec. 7. Families gathered at the Sevierville Convention Center to watch their students receive their degrees....
by design | Dec 8, 2023 | The Daily Focus
Second Harvest Food Bank Thanks Community for Support Second Harvest received enough donations to provide 4,536,000 meals during DYD Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee thanks East Tennessee for their overwhelming generosity during the food bank’s 13th...
by design | Dec 7, 2023 | The Daily Focus
KAT Invites Passengers To Knoxville Station for the 2nd Annual Kids Holiday Party Knoxville Area Transit, in partnership with Muse Knoxville, is hosting the 2nd Annual Kids Holiday Party to bring cheer to our passengers and their families. It will take place in the...
by design | Dec 6, 2023 | The Daily Focus
MEDIC Regional Blood Center to Celebrate the Holiday Season as Blood Product Demand Increases December has arrived, and MEDIC has several gifts to give to donors this season. MEDIC has seen a recent spike in demand for platelet products and O Negative blood type....
by design | Dec 5, 2023 | The Daily Focus
Free family activities this weekend at Knoxville Museum of Art The Knoxville Museum of Art welcomes the community for several fun, educational and free events for all ages during December. Sunday, Dec. 10: Second Sunday Art Activity; Free Children in grades K-6 are...
by design | Dec 4, 2023 | The Daily Focus
RAM’s FREE 1-day Clinic set for This Weekend Free dental, vision and medical services coming to Coalfield, Tenn. Remote Area Medical – RAM® – a major nonprofit provider of pop-up clinics delivering free, quality dental, vision and medical care to those in need – will...
by design | Dec 4, 2023 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘After an extensive nationwide search…’ By Tom Mattingly Sometimes, the best coaching search is no search. Case in point. Go back to Dec. 3, 1976, a day Big Orange Country had anxiously awaited. A Tennessee legend was coming home as head football...
by design | Dec 4, 2023 | Columnist, Nagi
Where Tennessee Football Stands Today By Mark Nagi Well, the regular season is now complete for the Tennessee Volunteers. The Vols finished at 8-4 and now wait for word on their bowl game destination (which was not yet known when The Focus went to press). There are...
by design | Dec 4, 2023 | Columnist, Rector
Bullies make life harder By Joe Rector As has been stated in other pieces of mine, I was an ugly child. No, that doesn’t mean things are different now. A young boy with a burr haircut, buck teeth, a round belly, and popsicle-stick legs has little eye appeal. He is,...
