by design | Oct 7, 2023 | The Daily Focus
(KNOXVILLE, Tenn.) The McNabb Center is seeking wish list sponsors for this year’s Dear Santa program. For more than 20 years the McNabb Center has partnered with community organizations, local businesses and individuals to provide holiday gifts for children in East...
by design | Oct 6, 2023 | The Daily Focus
Keep Knoxville Beautiful (KKB) is accepting applications for their 2023 Community Beautification Grants through Friday, Oct. 6, at 5 p.m.Once a year, KKB seeks proposals from community groups inspired to take on a community project that aligns with their mission: To...
by design | Oct 5, 2023 | The Daily Focus
NASHVILLE —The Tennessee Department of Agriculture (TDA) has confirmed the detection of spotted lanternfly (SLF) in Davidson County. Tennessee is the 16th state to detect SLF since it was first discovered in Pennsylvania in 2014. “Our Plant Certification Section...
by design | Oct 5, 2023 | The Daily Focus
Between Oct. 6 and 9, the Knoxville Police Department (KPD) is participating in Faith and Blue, a national initiative launched in 2020 to facilitate safer, stronger, more just and unified communities by connecting law enforcement professionals, residents, businesses...
by design | Oct 4, 2023 | The Daily Focus
The CAC Office on Aging’s Feed-a-Pet program is in dire need of dry pet food to feed the pets of 96 limited-income older adults in the Knoxville-Knox County area. Our need is great and we are in short supply. Without the assistance of Feed-a-Pet, those enrolled in the...
by design | Oct 3, 2023 | The Daily Focus
Parks and Rec Hosts a Community Clean Up ~ from the City of Knoxville Office of Neighborhood Empowerment Edgewood Park, Fairmont/Emoriland, Whittle Springs, Belle Morris neighbors! It’s your time to shine! The City’s Parks and Recreation team is holding its second...
by design | Oct 2, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com It is almost time for the World Series. When I was a boy and young man, the Series was by far the biggest sports event of the year. Nothing else was even close. The first Super Bowl, which Green Bay won by a score of 35 to...
by design | Oct 2, 2023 | Black, Columnist
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Before the Civil War, this country was referenced as a plurality as in “the United States are.” Afterward, it became singular: “the United States is.” Now it may be appropriate to once again refer to the...
by design | Oct 2, 2023 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jed McKeehan Let’s talk about something uncomfortable. Yes, unfortunately, lawyers do have to discuss uncomfortable topics from time to time. The topic today is incest. The dictionary definition of incest is, “sexual relations between people classed as being too...
by design | Oct 2, 2023 | Columnist, Ferguson
Each week, my readers turn to section B of the Focus to read my stories. But this week you will find a surprise. My best friend, wife and editor tells her story, which first appeared in Newsweek, on January 15, 1990. Becky’s story is even more relevant today. ...
