by design | Dec 21, 2020 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. We are blessed beyond our comprehension to live in this country, and we should be especially thankful at Thanksgiving and Christmas. I read not long ago that almost half the people in this world have to get by on $4.00 or less a day and that...
by design | Dec 21, 2020 | Public Notice
Foreclosure NOTICES NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SALE Default having been made in the terms, conditions, and payments provided in a certain Deed of Trust dated July 11, 2011, executed by Scott A. Bradley and Morena S. Bradley, to Crossland Title Inc. as...
by design | Dec 20, 2020 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Christmas Community Day serves 128 families First Farragut United Methodist Church, 12733 Kingston Pike, hosted its 13th Christmas Community Day (CCD) event on Sunday, December 6. The event served 128 families, a total of 607 individuals from Loudon, Knox, Roane,...
by Steve Hunley | Dec 20, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley The Knoxville City Council may very well have taken the first step to raising taxes next year. There were two actions in particular that can be considered big ticket items approved by the city council. Vice Mayor Gwen McKenzie put her city council...
by design | Dec 20, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Bearden High’s boys basketball team had a 10-1 record when it found out athletics would be shut down by the Knox County School system the week before winter break. The layoff, which included games and practice, prevented the Bulldogs from making a...
by Ray Hill | Dec 20, 2020 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Edward Terry Sanford, an Associate Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court, had set out for a routine visit to his dentist’s office on the morning of March 8, 1930. Within a few hours, Justice Sanford was dead. President Herbert Hoover nominated Fourth Circuit...
by design | Dec 20, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams The Focus / Coaches’ 2020 All-Knox County first-team defense carries a lot of clout. Player of the Year Kalib Fortner heads it up from his outside linebacker position. Farragut Coach Eddie Courtney said he did not see all of the Knox County teams in...
by design | Dec 20, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams The setting for twin brothers Kalib and Liam Fortner’s college football signing was just right. With a tank right behind them, the two Central High standouts signed their national letter of intent Thursday to continue their academic and...
by design | Dec 20, 2020 | COVID-19, The Daily Focus
Remarks Will Be Made at 7pm CT Sunday, Dec. 20 Tennessee Governor Bill Lee will deliver a statewide address to Tennesseans regarding the COVID-19 surge on Sunday, December 20 at 7:00 p.m. CDT. Gov. Lee’s remarks will be broadcast on Facebook and YouTube....
by design | Dec 19, 2020 | The Daily Focus
Knoxville Opera releases holiday concert video recorded at Jtv’s Matthew Theatre Knoxville Opera is happy to announce that it has produced a new holiday concert and has made it available for free on their website and YouTube channel. The concert features local...
