by design | Oct 10, 2020 | COVID-19, The Daily Focus
The City of Knoxville’s annual Christmas in the City celebrations have been adapted to safely accommodate participants and reduce the risks of spreading COVID-19 during the holiday season. “Even though celebrations won’t be the same as our normally planned...
by design | Oct 9, 2020 | The Daily Focus
Parrott-Wood Memorial Library (3133 W. Old A.J. Hwy., Strawberry Plains, TN 37871) is proud to announce Free Virtual Adult Literacy Classes. These classes will be a combination Facebook Live/videos on demand and classes using Zoom conferencing software. These...
by design | Oct 8, 2020 | The Daily Focus
The City of Knoxville in conjunction with the Knox County Public Library recently announced that a series of free drive-in movies are coming to Chilhowee Park on Fridays, Oct. 9, 16 and 30. Space is limited, and attendees must register in advance. Visit...
by design | Oct 8, 2020 | The Daily Focus
By Mike Steely Chris Albrecht, Wreaths Across America program ambassador, is reminding everyone that December 19th is the day for Wreaths Across America to be laid in three veteran cemeteries in Knox County. But the effort is running behind in the total number of...
by design | Oct 7, 2020 | The Daily Focus
Includes Specific Support for Minority, Women-Owned, Veteran-Owned Businesses Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and the Financial Stimulus Accountability Group (FSAG) today announced an initial $50 million in federal Coronavirus Relief Funds for the new Supplemental...
by design | Oct 7, 2020 | The Daily Focus
~ from the Office of Neighborhoods Does your neighborhood plan to participate in this year’s National Night Out on Tuesday, Oct. 13? While it may look a little different, the City of Knoxville is still participating in the 37^th annual National Night Out (NNO)...
by design | Oct 6, 2020 | The Daily Focus
Voters in Knoxville and Knox County will have an opportunity to hear from candidates for the Knox County Board of Education, U.S. Congress, Tennessee State Senate and the Tennessee House of Representatives in a series of Zoom webinars over the next two weeks. The...
by design | Oct 5, 2020 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson There is no difference between communism and socialism except the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave men by force, socialism – by vote. It is merely the difference between murder and suicide. Ayn Rand I...
by Mark Nagi | Oct 5, 2020 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi So… I’ve figured out that I’m at a point in my life in which I need to start doing more things for myself. That doesn’t mean I’m shirking all of my responsibilities, selling the house, buying an RV and heading out wherever life might take me until I’ve...
by Tom Mattingly | Oct 5, 2020 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly It was 99 years ago this past month, September 24, to be specific, that Tennessee played its first game in a new arena called “Shields-Watkins Field,” sometimes referred to in its early days as “Shields-Watkins Stadium” or “The Shields-Watkins Field.”...
