by design | Dec 30, 2020 | The Daily Focus
Session to address learning loss, funding, accountability, literacy, and teacher pay Tennessee Governor Bill Lee yesterday announced a call for the Tennessee General Assembly to convene for a special legislative session on January 19, 2021 to address urgent issues...
by design | Dec 29, 2020 | The Daily Focus
From Jan. 2 to Jan. 31, Knox County residents can bring their unwanted, live Christmas trees to participating Knox County Convenience Centers for free disposal at no cost. Knox County operates the following convenience centers: Carter (8815 Asheville Highway)...
by design | Dec 28, 2020 | The Daily Focus
Zoo Knoxville is excited to announce Frances giraffe gave birth to a healthy baby boy on Christmas Eve morning. Frances and her new calf are being given time to bond in the barn with the zoo’s other female Lucille and father Jumbe. The team of caretakers will...
by design | Dec 28, 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 28, 2020 | Columnist, Ferguson
“I salute you! There is nothing I can give you which you have not; but there is much, that while I cannot give, you can take. No heaven can come to us unless our hearts find rest in it today. Take Heaven. No peace lies in the future which is not hidden in this present...
by Mike Steely | Dec 28, 2020 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely Sometimes when you visit a place you’ve been before you can still find some real surprises. When my wife and I decided to take a day away from our home in Knoxville and make a safe drive to David Crockett Birthplace State Park, just east of Greeneville,...
by Mark Nagi | Dec 28, 2020 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi Tennessee’s 2020 season was one to forget. From a six-game losing streak to a quarterback quandary that was never solved, to a total of seven losses that were each by double digits… let’s just say that the Vol Network won’t be producing any special...
by Joe Rector | Dec 28, 2020 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector In a short time, two of the biggest days of the year are arriving. Christmas and New Years are times for many of us to realize again just how lucky we are to have a base of faith on which we can depend during the tough times. For the year 2020, our faith...
by Ralphine Major | Dec 28, 2020 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major Another forgotten photo surfaced during my pandemic purging of files. It shows my brother and me in the seventies during our college days, the orange hats sporting our college colors. Horseback riding became one of my favorite stress relievers after...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Dec 28, 2020 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan The quick answer is, never. As you might imagine, this question comes up a great deal. Someone is talking to me and they say, “well, when my kid turns 12, he gets to pick where he wants to live.” Unfortunately, I have to tell them, that they are...
