by design | Jun 4, 2021 | The Daily Focus
The Knox County Health Department (KCHD) will hold a vaccination clinic for rising seventh-grade students on Saturday, June 12 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at its Broadway vaccination clinic, 4216 N. Broadway. No appointments required. Parents will have the opportunity to...
by design | Jun 3, 2021 | The Daily Focus
LWVTN webinar open to the public On Wednesday, June 9, at noon (EDT), University of Memphis Bredesen Professor of Law Stephen Mulroy will discuss the legal and political aspects of redistricting in a Zoom webinar hosted by the League of Women Voters of Tennessee....
by design | Jun 2, 2021 | The Daily Focus
As the weather heats up, take comfort knowing you can stay cool every day at three splash pads in Knox County. The 2021 splash pad season started May 1 and runs through September 12. The free automated water playgrounds are open to the public from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m....
by design | Jun 1, 2021 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jed McKeehan When a lawsuit is filed against someone the defendant is “served” with a copy of it. This is done by giving the defendant a document called a summons by a process server. However, after that initial service upon the defendant, when either the...
by design | Jun 1, 2021 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major On this day as I write, it is already the 25th day of the month. I am reminded that this is the last day of the school year! What a year it has been! I also realize that in only seven more months, it will be Christmas! Unbelievable! Time. It...
by design | Jun 1, 2021 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector I bought a new Pathfinder in 1987. In past columns I’ve talked about that car. The truth is I love that hunk of metal. Too many memories, good and bad, have been made in that car that getting rid of it is unthinkable. Amy isn’t thrilled with the...
by design | Jun 1, 2021 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly In the wee hours of the morning after Tennessee had dispatched Arkansas in an exhausting six overtimes in October 2002, someone spoke up and said that the Vols’ 41-38 win was “better than a tie.” Haywood Harris a football purist above all else, looked...
by design | Jun 1, 2021 | The Daily Focus
This week’s spotlight highlights KCHD’s Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program The Knox County Health Department (KCHD) Women’s Health Clinic provides family planning services, pregnancy testing, annual exams, women’s health education, and breast...
by design | Jun 1, 2021 | The Daily Focus
By Ken Lay Major League Baseball’s all-time hits leader was in Knox County on Saturday, May 22 and he delighted fans with his stories and sometimes self-deprecating sense of humor. Pete Rose, one of baseball’s living legends and the game’s last player-manager, made a...
