by design | Jun 20, 2020 | The Daily Focus
After the thousands of hours of communitywide planning and dialogue over the last seven years, the vote Tuesday seemed almost perfunctory. But City Council’s authorization for Mayor Indya Kincannon to accept two quit-claim deeds from the Tennessee...
by design | Jun 19, 2020 | The Daily Focus
~ from the Office of Neighborhoods The combination of June and Nineteenth make Juneteenth, also called Freedom Day or Emancipation Day. On June 19, 1865, the Emancipation Proclamation—which ended slavery in the United States and had been issued on...
by design | Jun 18, 2020 | The Daily Focus
Zoo Knoxville will be celebrating Father’s Day with their annual tradition of free admission for all dads on Sunday, June 21, 2020. Due to COVID-19 safety protocols utilizing timed entry, visitors should make an advanced online ticket reservation at...
by design | Jun 17, 2020 | The Daily Focus
The Depot Printhouse will be hosting The Summer Songwriter Showcase on Saturday, June 20 from 3 p.m. – 7 p.m. This is a FREE event and open to the public. Six local singer/songwriters will be playing their original songs in a “Nashville round” format....
by design | Jun 16, 2020 | The Daily Focus
By Focus Staff U.S. Cellular has posted a Public Notice for the people of Fox Den and Village Green in Farragut. Under a 2018 Tennessee state law, cellular phone towers may be placed in the front yard of any residence in the right of way. These towers may be as tall...
by design | Jun 15, 2020 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I came of age during the counterculture revolution of the 1960s. I did not burn my draft card, but I remember the Vietnam War and protests, the race riots of Watts and the assassinations of President John Kennedy and Reverend Martin Luther King. I...
by Mike Steely | Jun 15, 2020 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely Did you know our neighbor to the east was once known as Mossy Creek? Yep, until 1901 that’s what Jefferson City was called but was renamed in honor of President Thomas Jefferson. The city has about 8,000 residents, is the home of Carson-Newman College...
by Mark Nagi | Jun 15, 2020 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi Football practice can be a brutal exercise… but the COVID-19 pandemic has made all of us value normalcy. So, it’s no surprise that local coaches and players are happy to simply have the chance to get together and practice the sport they all love, in...
by Ralphine Major | Jun 15, 2020 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com Father’s Day 2020 will be drastically different than most others we have celebrated before. The third Sunday in June is designated as the day our nation sets aside to honor fathers. The special day often fell on our father’s...
by Joe Rector | Jun 15, 2020 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Am I the only one, or do most folks who reach senior citizenship at some point begin to wonder about what lies beyond this life? Well, I have been thinking about it, even though, thankfully, I am in good health at this point in time. I do believe that...
