by Ray Hill | May 31, 2020 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill It will surprise exactly no one who knows me well to discover I have been profoundly interested in the portraits of Tennessee’s governors in our State Capitol since I knew they existed. There are many fine portraits of our various chief executives...
by design | May 31, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams On Friday nights, Ethan Humphries reminded many football fans of the days when the game had big, strong fullbacks. Give him the ball and let him go to work. As the game wore on, Humphries seemed to get stronger and harder to bring down. But...
by design | May 31, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Bailey Trumm made news on the state scene this past winter as she became the all-time leader in making 3-point shots in TSSAA girls basketball. The 5-7 Powell guard is now in the state record book with 416 treys, moving past Wilson Central...
by design | May 31, 2020 | The Daily Focus
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) will host a Virtual Summer Camp for environmental education geared for students K-12 in June and July through social media platforms. “We know many young people are being impacted by COVID-19...
by design | May 30, 2020 | The Daily Focus
Parrott-Wood Memorial Library (3133 W, Old A.J. Hwy, Strawberry Plains, TN 37871) is inviting all children to their Virtual Summer Reading Program 2020: Imagine Your Story! All programs will be provided via online. Parents of babies-preschoolers may pick up crafts...
by design | May 29, 2020 | The Daily Focus
Summer is meant for grilling and Tennesseans have a chance to win local meats with the Pick Tennessee Products “Fill Your Grill” contest. For more than thirty years, Pick Tennessee Products has connected farmers directly to consumers. Between June 1 and 15, you...
by design | May 28, 2020 | The Daily Focus
Knoxville Judge Honored for Achievements, Leadership in Profession Chief United States District Judge Pamela L. Reeves will be honored next month with the inaugural Tennessee Professionalism Award from the Tennessee Bar Association and the Tennessee American Inns of...
by design | May 27, 2020 | The Daily Focus
~from SJRnR Nashville We appreciate the continued patience of our participants since our last update. Over the past weeks we have worked diligently with various host city partners to determine potential options and secure a new race date. After assessing all event...
by design | May 26, 2020 | The Daily Focus
By Focus Staff The Farragut Planning Commission unanimously denied by a vote of 8 to 0 an application from MCI/Metro to expand fiber optic cable for residential 5G cell towers in resident’s front yards. You can see Thursday’s meeting here on YouTube...
by design | May 26, 2020 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson The sign of our times is the “Mask.” I was always curious seeing Asian cultures such as the Chinese and Japanese wearing masks in public. Understandably, the polluted air of Beijing and industrial areas of China might require a filter – or an...
