by design | Jan 24, 2021 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The Focus welcomes Dr. Harold Black By Steve Hunley, Publisher publisher@knoxfocus.com The Knoxville Focus is very proud to welcome Dr. Harold Black as a new columnist. Dr. Black is a distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Tennessee’s Haslam College of...
by Steve Hunley | Jan 24, 2021 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Kudzu: an invasive species that is extremely bad for the ecosystem as it invades and smothers other plants and trees under a blanket of leaves, hogging all the sunlight and keeping other species suppressed. The trifecta of the Democrat machine...
by design | Jan 24, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Balloons helping cure the silent, slow killing epidemic of loneliness Wide smiles! Sparkling eyes! Squeals of delight! Tears of joy! These are the reactions created when senior citizens at Knoxville-area assisted living communities receive a personal Balloon Buddy...
by Ray Hill | Jan 24, 2021 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill The lives of presidents and kings are usually equally celebrated or condemned, yet Franklin Delano Roosevelt remains one of the most iconic of American presidents to this day. During his lifetime as president, just about every aspect of Roosevelt’s life...
by design | Jan 24, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Jailynn Tindall is attracting attention in girls’ high school wrestling. A junior at Carter, she moved to Knoxville from Savannah, Ga., last August. Tindall, who wrestles in the 140-pound weight class, recently won two tournaments and has a 27-1...
by design | Jan 24, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay Two Knoxville middle school basketball teams punched their tickets to the TMSAA Class AAA Sectionals with victories Wednesday night. The Farragut Lady Admirals and Bearden Bruins earned the right to appear at the sectionals as they captured their respective...
by design | Jan 24, 2021 | The Daily Focus
~ from the Office of Neighborhoods Don’t miss this opportunity to receive recognition for the work your neighbors did during 2020 and through a pandemic, no less. Applications for the Neighborhood Achievement Award are due Friday, Feb. 5, by 4:30 p.m. ...
by design | Jan 23, 2021 | The Daily Focus
Appalachian Arts Craft Center in Clinton, TN is offering the following arts and craft classes in February & March: Introduction to Glaze Chemistry 2/22, Learn to Knit 2/27, Beginning Jewelry Making 3/6, Make a Bangle Bracelet 3/13, Handbuilding & Activating...
by design | Jan 22, 2021 | COVID-19, The Daily Focus
UPDATE: All appointments for Jan. 23 have been filled. As expected, with the advance notice, appointments filled up quickly. Today at 11 a.m., the Knox County Health Department (KCHD) will open up registration for 1,000 first-dose COVID-19 vaccine appointments on...
by design | Jan 21, 2021 | The Daily Focus
The 2021-2022 Transfer Window will close at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, February 16, 2021. Those wishing to apply for student transfer may do so during the Transfer Window in the following ways: 1. By applying online here 2. By downloading and printing a pdf transfer...
