by design | Mar 24, 2020 | COVID-19, The Daily Focus
By Elaine Davis UT Medical Center states that there have been posts circulating on social media with incorrect information. Please understand: UT Medical Center is not on lockdown. However, “For the safety of our patients and team members, local hospitals are no...
by design | Mar 24, 2020 | The Daily Focus
What is the 2020 Census? Every ten years, the census counts every person living in the U.S. to provide critical data that lawmakers, business owners, teachers and many others will use to support their communities It’s easier than ever with only 10 questions and for...
by design | Mar 24, 2020 | COVID-19, The Daily Focus
As residents need easy-to-find authoritative facts on the COVID-19 pandemic and what’s happening locally, the City of Knoxville has launched a chatbot and also expanded its online information. A chatbot is software that conducts a conversation and directs people –...
by design | Mar 24, 2020 | COVID-19, The Daily Focus
In accordance with Governor Lee’s Executive Order No. 16, Vice Mayor Gwen McKenzie has determined that it is necessary for Knoxville City Council to meet and conduct essential City of Knoxville business by electronic means to protect the health, safety, and welfare of...
by design | Mar 23, 2020 | Public Notice
TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE WHEREAS, by Deed of Trust, dated November 2, 2017, Beulah L. Mitchell, unmarried, *Beulah L. Mitchell, Beulah Mitchell and Beulah Lee Mitchell are one in the same person*, conveyed the following described premises to Larry...
by design | Mar 23, 2020 | COVID-19, The Daily Focus
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Jovita Carranza announced changes to help borrowers still paying back SBA loans from previous disasters. By making this change, deferments through December 31, 2020, will be automatic. Now, borrowers...
by design | Mar 23, 2020 | COVID-19, The Daily Focus
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.—Today the Knox County Public Health Officer Dr. Martha Buchanan issued an order closing non-essential businesses and encouraging residents throughout Knox County to stay home when possible and avoid gathering in groups of more than 10 people for...
by design | Mar 23, 2020 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I’m fascinated by the ever-changing English lexicon, defined as the vocabulary or corpus of a language. I’ve written about words, our tools of expression. I’ve described being “woke,” exercising “intersectionality” and the definition of “leftism.”...
by Joe Rector | Mar 23, 2020 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector The plain truth is that we are in the midst of a worldwide crisis. This coronavirus is sweeping the planet with illness for which we have no answers as of yet. The U.S. failed to react quickly enough and is now playing catch up. It appears that each...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Mar 23, 2020 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan Occasionally, in my travels through the internet I will come across an article that lists out quirky laws that exist in different places. This might be hard to believe, but Tennessee has some quirky laws that are still on the books. One of...
