by design | Jan 8, 2023 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Fulton ends four-game skid with win at S-D By Steve Williams Fulton got back to playing “Fulton basketball” a little better last Thursday night. Coming off a rare four-game losing streak, the Falcons enjoyed an 80-51 win at South-Doyle. “I think we played harder...
by design | Jan 8, 2023 | The Daily Focus
GENEALOGY HELP NIGHT The Jonesborough Genealogical Society will host its Genealogy Help Night on Thursday, January 12th from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Washington County- Jonesborough Library, 200 Sabin Drive, Jonesborough. We welcome anyone interested in genealogy or...
by design | Jan 7, 2023 | The Daily Focus
NKBPA will kick off 2023 on lucky Friday the 13th at the Boys and Girls Club on 967 Irwin Street at 7:45 a.m. The speaker will be Janet Testerman, a Knoxville native and CEO of Young-Williams Animal Center, the largest municipal nonprofit animal welfare organization...
by design | Jan 6, 2023 | The Daily Focus
Gov. Lee Announces 2023 Inauguration: ‘Tennessee: Leading the Nation’ NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Today, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced the theme and schedule of events for the 2023 inaugural celebration, ‘Tennessee: Leading the Nation’. “Tennessee is leading the nation...
by design | Jan 5, 2023 | The Daily Focus
Cathedral Concert Series Presents Mozart! An Operatic Feast featuring Amadeus Chamber Ensemble and Brian Salesky Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus – February 5, 2023 The Amadeus Chamber Ensemble is delighted to announce “Mozart! An Operatic Feast,” the...
by design | Jan 4, 2023 | The Daily Focus
Gov. Lee Names Frank Strada TDOC Commissioner Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced the appointment of Frank Strada to serve as commissioner for the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC), effective January 9. Strada succeeds Lisa Helton, who has served the...
by design | Jan 3, 2023 | Black, Columnist
The Real Threat to Democracy By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Happy New Year. I seriously doubt that 2023 will be a “happy” new year. It will likely be full of angst from the usual suspects. Those on the left will continue to whine...
by design | Jan 3, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
Congress Passes Historically Bad Bill By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Congress has proven once again that the easiest thing in the world to do is to spend other peoples’ money. The one-trillion, seven hundred-billion dollar bill passed in Washington on...
by design | Jan 3, 2023 | Columnist, Ferguson
Twilight Zone -No man’s life, liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in session. -There is no distinctly native American criminal class, save Congress. Mark Twain By Dr. Jim Ferguson As a writer of science fiction, I often imagine what it might be like...
by design | Jan 3, 2023 | Columnist, Rector
Rector lips By Joe Rector One of the things I love about my wife Amy is that she is slow to anger. Perhaps that’s the reason we’ve been married for so long. The Good Lord knows I’ve done and said enough things over the years to make her pop a blood vessel. Unlike my...
