by design | Apr 14, 2020 | COVID-19, The Daily Focus
On Monday, April 13, 2020, Mayor Indya Kincannon signed an extension of the City of Knoxville’s Safer at Home Order. The Safer at Home order keeps non-essential businesses closed, urges residents to stay home when possible and encourages everyone to avoid gathering in...
by design | Apr 14, 2020 | COVID-19, The Daily Focus
Capacity for 3,500 tests a day begins April 15; results available within 24 hours Aegis Sciences Corporation, a leading healthcare company that provides clinically innovative medication compliance testing and consulting services to providers, will serve as a regional...
by design | Apr 13, 2020 | The Daily Focus
WHO The Pinnacle at Turkey Creek shopping center is hosting a Medic Regional Blood Center blood drive through Wednesday, Apr. 22. WHAT Medic Regional Blood Center is offering appointment-based blood drives in Knoxville. Each drive adheres to social distancing...
by design | Apr 13, 2020 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I’m tired of thinking about the coronavirus crisis, though it is difficult not to be in its clutches. Becky’s mother just celebrated her 103rd birthday and Becky organized family and friends to parade by our matriarch within their cars because of...
by Joe Rector | Apr 13, 2020 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Soooo, what are you spending your time on these days? Most of us have plenty of it; in fact, some folks declare that they have too much time on their hands. I’ve learned to deal with my idle hours with several different ways, and thus far, I’m not...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Apr 13, 2020 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan A legal term you may have heard of but have no idea what it actually means is the term, “title insurance.” What is title insurance? The short answer is that title insurance protects property purchasers from problems that may arise later if an...
by Mark Nagi | Apr 13, 2020 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi During this break in the action, we sometimes have a hard time thinking about the return of sports. It almost hurts to hope. But we have faith this is just a temporary hiccup. With that in mind, let’s talk football. Tennessee’s linebacking corps is...
by design | Apr 13, 2020 | The Daily Focus
If hard times, challenges and change are a normal part of life, why are so many of us struggling with fear and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic? John Kupfner, MD, a psychiatrist with Peninsula Behavioral Health, says it’s rare for everyone across the nation...
by design | Apr 13, 2020 | Public Notice
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 the benefit of SunTrust...
by design | Apr 12, 2020 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Special Easter egg hunt in Norwood goes viral By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Something special happened last week in the Norwood neighborhood. Resident Ashley Lyons was lamenting the lack of a group Easter Egg Hunt. She took to the Nextdoor website...
