by design | Dec 13, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams At 6-foot-6 and 300 pounds, it was hard to miss David Hull on South-Doyle High’s offensive line. But it wasn’t just his size that drew a lot of attention. The Cherokees’ senior left tackle, a first-team selection on The Focus / Coaches’ 2020 All-Knox...
by design | Dec 13, 2020 | The Daily Focus
Amidst the COVID-19 surge, four local legislative leaders engage medical professionals from Knoxville’s major healthcare facilities for a special meeting on Wednesday, December 16 at 3:30 p.m. State Senator Dr. Richard Briggs, County Commission Chair Larsen Jay,...
by design | Dec 12, 2020 | The Daily Focus
Biggest, Most Successful Fundraiser in Second Harvest Food Bank’s History Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee is overwhelmed and grateful to share that donations from the 10th annual Double Your Donation Day, which took place Thursday, December 10, totaled...
by design | Dec 11, 2020 | COVID-19, The Daily Focus
Important changes for employers and medical providers The Knox County Health Department (KCHD) will prioritize case investigations, monitoring and contact tracing based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations. These recommendations are also...
by design | Dec 10, 2020 | The Daily Focus
I want to share some important news with you. Knox County Schools has offered in-person instruction since our reopening on August 24. This is a tremendous accomplishment, and it is a direct result of the extraordinary efforts made by our teachers, principals, health...
by design | Dec 9, 2020 | The Daily Focus
Goal to raise $1,000,000 in historic year On Thursday, Dec. 10 starting at 6 a.m., Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee will host the 10th annual Double Your Donation Day. Double Your Donation, or “DYD,” is a one-day telethon and fundraiser...
by design | Dec 8, 2020 | The Daily Focus
The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) is announcing an extension to its summer program to provide meals to children. With the recent approval from the USDA, sponsors of Tennessee’s Summer Food Service Program now have the ability to offer meals to their...
by design | Dec 7, 2020 | Columnist, Ferguson
“How tremendous the spiritual change that it brings…what wastes and deserts of the soul a slight attack of influenza brings to light…what ancient and obdurate oaks are uprooted in us in the act of sickness, how we go down into the pit of death and feel the...
by Mike Steely | Dec 7, 2020 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely The highway runs from Rocky Top (Lake City) to Halls Crossroads and, among other landmarks, crosses TVA’s Norris Dam, the agency’s first hydro-electric producer. But Norris Freeway is more than just a road that did not exist before the 1930s and much...
by Tom Mattingly | Dec 7, 2020 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly Bowl games are fickle creatures, almost two games in one. One team might dominate for a half, and after intermission the other team comes back and makes a game out of it. The 1966 Gator Bowl, No. 22 in the bowl’s history, was such an affair. It was...
