by design | May 14, 2020 | The Daily Focus
~ from The Center For Education Reform The year 2000. That’s when National Charter Schools Week started (though some suggest it was 1999). The first Congressional resolution was introduced in the House by Democratic Representative Tim Roemer of Indiana and by Senator...
by design | May 14, 2020 | The Daily Focus
Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs issued the following statement about updated Knox County Schools graduation plans. “Our meeting with Superintendent Thomas, school leadership and Commissioner Justin Biggs went very well. I feel comfortable with the direction of...
by design | May 13, 2020 | The Daily Focus
Roane State Community College is offering 10 free online courses through the Workforce Development Program until June 30, 2020. There are no prerequisites associated with the available courses and anyone may sign up. Access to the self-paced courses will be...
by design | May 12, 2020 | The Daily Focus
Bill and Crissy Haslam launch program to benefit both elementary and college students The Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation, in partnership with Boys & Girls Clubs in Tennessee and other youth-serving organizations across the state, today launched a new statewide...
by design | May 12, 2020 | The Daily Focus
Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs will participate in a live video stream with the influential grassroots advocacy group, Americans for Prosperity today at 2:30 p.m. on the group’s Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/fightback/). This afternoon’s event, hosted...
by design | May 11, 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 company to Wes...
by Ralphine Major | May 11, 2020 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com It was the first year I started writing for The Focus when Hollywood cowboy stars James Drury and Robert Fuller moseyed into Morristown for the Western Legends Festival. I had committed to the Morristown Chamber of...
by Joe Rector | May 11, 2020 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector As soon as Joe South began singing “Games People Play” on my Sirius radio, I flashed back to 1969-1970. I was driving home in the snow after a work shift at Burger King. I hit the top of Andes Road and prayed my old ‘54 Chevy wouldn’t slide in the ditch....
by design | May 11, 2020 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Somewhere along the way, I developed an appreciation of history and language. Maybe I was born with recessive historical or writing genes which somehow became activated. I don’t know how this occurred, but I’ve come to understand there are a lot of...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | May 11, 2020 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan You may be watching the news, or reading an article online about a high-profile criminal case and the criminal defendant is found guilty and sentenced to a long prison sentence. What the articles and stories usually do not discuss is how much of...
