by design | May 20, 2020 | COVID-19, The Daily Focus
Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs provided the following statement regarding local Phase 2 reopening plans, additional information for which is to be presented by Dr. Buchanan during the Knox County Health Department’s regularly-scheduled 12:30 p.m. press conference...
by design | May 20, 2020 | COVID-19, The Daily Focus
~ from the Office of Neighborhoods The City of Knoxville is currently in Phase 1 of re-opening after the onset of COVID-19 in March. The Knox County Health Department is regularly testing and closely monitoring the number of cases in our area. Closures and...
by design | May 19, 2020 | The Daily Focus
TDOT to Suspend All Lane Closure Activity for the Holiday Weekend Motorists won’t be delayed by road construction as they travel Tennessee’s highways this Memorial Day weekend. The Tennessee Department of Transportation will suspend all construction-related lane...
by design | May 18, 2020 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson The Right Reverend Martin Luther King’s famous words, “Free at last, free at last…” popped into my mind last week as I severed my connection with Facebook. For years I enjoyed pictures of my friends and their families, memories and conversations,...
by design | May 18, 2020 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore I read in my little “Upper Room” booklet these words by Dean T. Skoglund: “As I left the restaurant carrying my box of leftovers, I saw a person lying in my path. As I approached, I leaned over and asked, ‘Would you like something to eat?’ He...
by Ralphine Major | May 18, 2020 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major They first appeared in my column on the front page of The Focus, September 10, 2012, “Volunteers of Time and Talent.” In their retirement, Betty and Clayton Sharp dedicated endless hours to a number of worthwhile causes in the Gibbs Community and...
by Joe Rector | May 18, 2020 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector How’s it going? Are you at wit’s end? Have you had enough family time? Is teaching your children going well? I know the answer to most of these questions but thought I’d spark emotions just a bit. I saw an article the other day that talked about us Baby...
by Mark Nagi | May 18, 2020 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi I miss sports like the desert misses the rain. I never thought the pain would be so severe… so all-encompassing, but here we are. And you know what? That’s ok. We’ll get through it. I’ve loved sports as long as I have memories. From the joy of watching...
by design | May 18, 2020 | The Daily Focus
WHO: MEDIC Regional Blood Center WHAT: MEDIC Regional Blood Center begins Parrot Head Week with a critical need for O Positive and O Negative blood types as well as low to the critical inventory of A Positive and A Negative blood types....
by design | May 18, 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 January 31, 2018, executed by Vertex Development TN, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability...
