by design | Feb 11, 2023 | The Daily Focus
Compassion Closet is opening in the Fountain City area within St. Paul UMC off Garden Drive at 11 a.m. today. Compassion Closet began in 2013 and now has five locations in the East Tennessee area. Compassion Closet serves foster, kinship and adoptive families by...
by design | Feb 10, 2023 | The Daily Focus
Tennessee Theatre to launch ‘Marquee Awards’ to celebrate local high school musical theatre Local winners qualify for the Jimmy Awards in New York City The Tennessee Theatre will host the newly-created Marquee Awards, which celebrates high school musical theatre in...
by design | Feb 9, 2023 | The Daily Focus
U.S. Bank sponsors second annual Acton Children’s Business Fair U.S. Bank is sponsoring for the second year in a row the Acton Children’s Business Fair. The second annual event that’s open to students grades 1-8 will take place Sunday, March 5, from 1–3 p.m. at The...
by design | Feb 8, 2023 | The Daily Focus
John Thurman Trout Adventure Camp Set For June 19-24 Applications are open for the John Thurman Trout Adventure Camp for middle-school-age girls and boys, scheduled June 19-24 in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The camp, sponsored by the Tennessee Council...
by design | Feb 7, 2023 | The Daily Focus
Carson-Newman Appalachian Cultural Center Spring Lineup leads off with author, alumnus Carson-Newman University’s Appalachian Cultural Center kicks off its 2023 Spring Lineup on Wednesday, Feb. 15 with author and C-N alumnus, Noah Broyles. The Knoxville native will...
by design | Feb 6, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Johnny Akridge ran a small furniture store in Happy Hollow just below the old Sears on Central. His son, Chip, became one of the biggest developers of office buildings in downtown Washington, D.C. After he started becoming...
by design | Feb 6, 2023 | Black, Columnist
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Although the Republicans are in the majority in the House of Representatives, there is still a way that the Democrats can pass legislation and get it signed into law. The Republican majority is slim...
by design | Feb 6, 2023 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan When we think about a lawsuit, we generally think about it starting on the date the lawsuit is filed with the Court. While the filing of the lawsuit is an important event, the case does not really start until the defendant is served with a copy of...
by design | Feb 6, 2023 | Columnist, Rector
Still the one By Joe Rector The band called “last song,” and couples scooted to the center of the gym floor. Teenagers had spent the last couple of hours gyrating to some songs and then holding onto each other for slower selections. Everyone in the gym knew what the...
by design | Feb 6, 2023 | Columnist, Major
Beautiful Winter Moon By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com It was not a crescent moon, and it was not a full moon. It was somewhere in between the two more recognizable shapes of the moon. The month of January has produced so many spectacular scenes in the...
