by design | Jul 19, 2023 | The Daily Focus
Tennessee Serves Provides New Backpacks to Every Student in State’s Distressed Counties Tennessee First Lady Maria Lee announced her initiative, Tennessee Serves, has provided new backpacks to more than 10,000 students in the state’s economically distressed counties....
by design | Jul 18, 2023 | The Daily Focus
Convenience Store Industry Unites to Give “High 5 for Heroes” on 24/7 Day Fifth annual event celebrates first responders while raising funds for disaster relief. New partner expands the celebration to include scholarship donations for first responder family members....
by design | Jul 17, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
Random Thoughts On Current Events By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Since all the Democrats in the Tennessee Legislature voted against a bill to prohibit children from attending sexually suggestive drag queen shows, I hope some of them saw the video of the...
by design | Jul 17, 2023 | Black, Columnist
Finland: The World’s Happiest Country? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Do you pay attention to lists? Obviously, some people do or else no one would be compiling them. I occasionally will look for the best mystery or best science fiction...
by design | Jul 17, 2023 | Columnist, Mattingly
How do I get to see the game? By Tom Mattingly Sometimes a casual comment, a throwaway line, perhaps, engenders a response that is totally unexpected. Lindsey Nelson was set to call the 1958 Tennessee-Auburn game at Legion Field in Birmingham, Ala., for NBC in late...
by design | Jul 17, 2023 | Columnist, Nagi
A Trip to the Mid-Summer Classic By Mark Nagi There was a time when the Major League Baseball All-Star Game was one of the biggest sporting events in the country. There was something special about watching the stars from the American and National Leagues square off....
by design | Jul 17, 2023 | Columnist, Ferguson
Timely Thoughts Change your thoughts and you change the world. Norman Vincent Peale By Dr. Jim Ferguson Time is an interesting concept. Science shows that we exist in a reality of three spatial dimensions and time. As an example, I am just shy of 5-foot 8-inches...
by design | Jul 17, 2023 | Columnist, Major
Celebrating Our Freedom By Ralphine Major Freedom to worship. It is one of the most cherished of all the freedoms Americans enjoy. Our country was founded on such liberty, and the Fourth of July is a perfect time to celebrate all the freedoms that we hold dear. On...
by design | Jul 17, 2023 | Columnist, Rector
My job is the best By Joe Rector I have the best part-time job. No, the pay isn’t that good, and for most people the hours are lousy. With that said, I still believe that I’m fortunate to have this job. My job is to mow the tee boxes at Knoxville Municipal Golf...
by design | Jul 17, 2023 | Public Notice
order of PUBLICATION IN THE CHANCERY COURT FOR GRAINGER COUNTY, TENNESSEE Adam Greene, Plaintiff, v. Misty Michelle Greene, Defendant. No. 2023-CH-39 ORDER OF PUBLICATION In this cause, it appearing from the affidavit that the residence of...
