by design | Dec 23, 2020 | The Daily Focus
KAT has announced a return to charging fares, but with a new, temporary reduced fare structure that provides COVID recovery and relief from the economic impacts of the pandemic. The new temporary fare structure, effective on Monday, February 1, 2021, is intended not...
by design | Dec 22, 2020 | The Daily Focus
City of Knoxville offices will be closed Thursday, Dec. 24, Friday, Dec. 25 and Friday, Jan. 1, for the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. This closure includes the 311 Center for Service Innovation. Residents needing to make reports to 311 or access 211 services are...
by design | Dec 21, 2020 | The Daily Focus
~ from the Office of Neighborhoods Are you looking for a way to give back this holiday season? Consider volunteering for Mobile Meals! The Knoxville-Knox County Community Action Committee’s Mobile Meals Program is in need of volunteers to deliver meals...
by design | Dec 21, 2020 | Columnist, Ferguson
“When people fear their government, it is called tyranny. When governments fear the people, it is called liberty.” Unknown By Dr. Jim Ferguson It is obvious that the Washington ruling class has little regard for We the People. The same held true in “The Hunger Games”...
by Joe Rector | Dec 21, 2020 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Covid-19 swooped across the world and halted most activities. Americans grumbled because many lost their yearly trips to beaches, theme parks, and state parks. July 4th celebrations were canceled, as were most Labor Day activities. Thanksgiving get...
by Steve Williams | Dec 21, 2020 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Dear Santa, As I began writing you, I was asking myself, what does the world need now? What instantly came to mind was that great song from 1965. “What the World Needs Now is Love”… So I immediately googled it and listened to it. I noticed too the...
by Mark Nagi | Dec 21, 2020 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi This season has not been an ideal one for the Tennessee Volunteers. They started strong, then didn’t win a game for over two months. They lost six straight games for the first time since 1988. 2020 was worse as each of those defeats were by double digits....
by Tom Mattingly | Dec 21, 2020 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly When Tennessee played at Georgia on Nov. 4, 1972, many Vol fans rode to the game on a special Southern Railways train from Atlanta, disembarking near the stadium’s east end zone. Tennessee won, 14-0, and the trip back in the late afternoon and early...
by Ralphine Major | Dec 21, 2020 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major Years ago, on the Sunday before Christmas, our small, rural church would hand out white paper bags filled with apples, oranges, and old-fashioned chocolate drop candies. It was a fun and festive moment in the congregation before the upcoming...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Dec 21, 2020 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan When people go through a divorce, one question that comes up is, “who gets to claim the kids on their taxes?” When someone is asking that question, they already understand that when they claim dependents on their tax returns, they will realize a...
