by design | Apr 26, 2023 | The Daily Focus
Gov. Lee Signs Forever Homes Act into Law Legislation to accelerate child placement, support foster and adoptive families The Tennessee Department of Children’s Services (DCS) marked the legislative passage of the Lee administration’s Forever Homes Act...
by design | Apr 25, 2023 | The Daily Focus
2023 Dogwood Arts Festival World’s Fair Park Friday, April 28th: 10AM – 7PM | Saturday, April 29th: 10AM-7PM | Sunday, April 30th: 10AM-5PM The Dogwood Arts Festival brings artists and art lovers from across the country to Downtown Knoxville for a 3-day...
by design | Apr 24, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com When my fellow Focus columnist, Tom Mattingly, wrote recently about Ben Byrd, the longtime sports editor for the Knoxville Journal, it brought back some memories for me, too. I knew Ben well from being around...
by design | Apr 24, 2023 | Black, Columnist
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Remember the joke about the guy tasting Bud Light for the first time and thought it tasted funny and sent it to a lab? The report said, “I am afraid your horse has diabetes.” Well, now Bud Light – the fake...
by design | Apr 24, 2023 | Columnist, Steely
Taking the Somerset Loop A Day Away By Mike Steely Somerset, Kentucky, is located west of London and Corbin and is the county seat of Pulaski County. The county is named after Polish Count Casimir Pulaski who served during the American Revolution under General George...
by design | Apr 24, 2023 | Columnist, Nagi
Vols finish Spring Practice By Mark Nagi Spring practice is officially complete for Tennessee’s football team. Now… the long 4+ month wait is underway. The Vols ended things in front of over 58,000 fans at the annual Orange and White Game, a contest won by the White...
by design | Apr 24, 2023 | Columnist, Mattingly
Enhancing the fan experience By Tom Mattingly As the powers-that-be look to further improvements to the atmosphere at Shields-Watkins Field/Neyland Stadium for the 2023 season and well beyond, fans seeking perspective might want to think back to a long-ago day, when a...
by design | Apr 24, 2023 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Religious belief has the potential to become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Andy Stanley Will Americans awaken to wokeness? Do people realize that this Marxist philosophy is everywhere? And yet I sing, This is my Father’s world: O let me ne’er...
by design | Apr 24, 2023 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan Let me start by saying this, you never want to be in a position where you are exonerated, because if you need one, something really bad has already happened to you. Exoneration is the legal process through which a person who has been wrongfully...
by design | Apr 24, 2023 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Bishop ‘made something out of nothing’ Karns product leading rusher in O&W game By Steve Williams Pat Ryan has always been a straight shooter as the color analyst on UT football radio broadcasts. And Bob Kesling, who will be in his 25th season as the Vols’...
