by design | Apr 24, 2020 | COVID-19, The Daily Focus
Today, Mayor Indya Kincannon proposed her first budget for the City of Knoxville. While this budget comes amidst unprecedented times, the Mayor emphasized that the City will maintain services and quickly assured residents there are no plans for a tax increase to make...
by design | Apr 24, 2020 | COVID-19, The Daily Focus
“Tennessee Pledge” plan encourages best practices for industries, continued social distancing Today, Gov. Bill Lee issued the first steps from the “Tennessee Pledge,” the state’s rollout of guidance and best practices for Tennessee businesses in 89 of the state’s 95...
by design | Apr 23, 2020 | COVID-19, The Daily Focus
The Knox County Health Department (KCHD) is offering a free COVID-19 testing opportunity this Saturday, April 25, at the Knoxville Civic Coliseum parking facility. KCHD is grateful to the City of Knoxville for providing the testing location, the Tennessee National...
by design | Apr 22, 2020 | The Daily Focus
The City of Knoxville announced that the city’s budget will still be released, as scheduled, on Friday, April 24, 2020, but in a different format due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The city plans to upload the complete budget to KnoxvilleTN.gov/budget, send out an...
by design | Apr 21, 2020 | COVID-19, The Daily Focus
Tennessee State Parks will reopen most of its 56 state parks on Friday, April 24, for day-use only. Specific details on which parks will reopen will be available on tnstateparks.com this week. “We are eager to serve once again but we urge Tennesseans to continue to...
by design | Apr 20, 2020 | COVID-19, The Daily Focus
Gov. Lee’s daily press conferences are held each Monday through Thursday at 3 p.m. CDT and can be viewed here. Gov. Lee has also established a website specific to COVID-19 updates which can be found here. Key Updates Record Testing Conducted This Weekend In an...
by design | Apr 20, 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 November 15, 1995, executed by John N. Higdon, unmarried, to Michael L. Powell as Trustee for...
by design | Apr 20, 2020 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson A common idiom holds that there are two sides of a coin. The interpretation of this saying, or dichotomy, is a contrast between oppositional perspectives. Philosophically, I’ve always held that with any concept you can conceive of its opposite....
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Apr 20, 2020 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jed McKeehan One of those weird legal terms that attorneys use a lot is the term, “hearsay.” Attorneys throw that term around quite a bit, and it seems important. And they sure do object to it a whole bunch during trials, but what does that term actually mean?...
by design | Apr 20, 2020 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore “When upon life’s billows you are tempest tossed, When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost, Count your blessings, name them one by one, And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done!” I know, it’s hard to remember our blessings in these...
