by design | May 5, 2026 | The Daily Focus
Fountain City Elementary Kindergarten teacher Miranda Timmerman has made it the national quarter finals of the Reader’s Digest’s America’s Favorite Teacher Contest. Timmerman told The Focus: To the best of my knowledge, I am the only teacher in Knox...
by design | May 5, 2026 | The Daily Focus
WHEN: 11 a.m. on Monday, May 11, 2026 WHERE: Covenant Health Park, Concourse 500 E Jackson Ave, Knoxville, TN 37915 Mayor Jacobs will present his FY26-27 Budget Address. Knox County Schools Superintendent Dr. Jon Rysewyk will do the...
by design | May 4, 2026 | Columnist, Ferguson
Physician, heal yourself! Jesus Christ By Dr. Jim Ferguson Perhaps I should stop trying to make this once-a-week column contemporaneous. Instead of writing about current events, maybe I should just write about things that interest me, like poetry, science, history,...
by design | May 4, 2026 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector As I’ve written about on several occasions, I’ve become interested in woodworking over the last twenty years. I’ve always envied those workers who could take a pile of lumber and turn it into a beautiful house. I’ve marveled at how effortlessly some...
by design | May 4, 2026 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly Football fans, particularly in the South, often make critical, life-changing decisions about team allegiances in their most tender years and live with the impact of those decisions throughout the rest of their lives. Former Auburn Sports...
by design | May 4, 2026 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi It’s not a perfect sign of the health of your football program, but typically, if your team doesn’t have the NFL looking at your roster, you probably aren’t succeeding at a high level. The 2002 NFL Draft saw 10 Vols selected, a high mark for the program....
by design | May 4, 2026 | The Daily Focus
The WordPlayers of Knoxville is honored to present a staged reading of C.S. Lewis’ classic work, The Great Divorce, on Thursday, May 7 at 7:00 PM. The location is Erin Presbyterian Church, 200 Lockett Rd., Knoxville, TN. Admission is free with donations appreciated....
by design | May 4, 2026 | Public Notice
TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION (TDEC) DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES (DWR) Davy Crockett Tower 500 James Robertson Pkwy, 9th Floor Nashville, Tennessee 37243 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING...
by design | May 3, 2026 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Guest Column: Don’t Be Fooled By Lies & Empty Political Promises By Larsen Jay Knox County Commissioner, Candidate for Knox County Mayor Leaders lead and politicians lie. Betsy Henderson is a politician. Betsy Henderson has continuously lied to you throughout her...
by design | May 3, 2026 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Two things that remain incurable are: stupid and crazy. We have Americans in this country who believe Communism or socialism would be just peachy keen here in the United States when it has worked nowhere else in the entire world throughout history. ...
