by design | Nov 27, 2019 | The Daily Focus
Safety tips on preparing turkey and where to dispose of used cooking oil With Thanksgiving only a couple days away, Mayor Glenn Jacobs teamed up with the Knox County Fire Prevention Bureau to film a turkey fryer safety video demonstrating the proper and...
by design | Nov 27, 2019 | The Daily Focus
Sunday, December 1, 2019 at 2:30 p.m. The parade begins at Gibbs High School and ends at the Clear Springs Baptist Church property. A donation of money or canned goods for the Corryton Food Pantry in lieu of an entry fee is greatly...
by design | Nov 26, 2019 | The Daily Focus
By Focus Staff Knox County Board of Education Chair Susan Horn, along with 5th District Knox County Commissioner John Schoonmaker and Farragut Vice Mayor Louise Povlin, hosted a community meeting Tuesday, November 19 in the Farragut High School Commons. The meeting...
by design | Nov 25, 2019 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Thanksgiving is late this year, so my thankful thoughts are consequently a bit late in November. I am thankful for many things, certainly more than things I whine about, such as the aches and pains commensurate with traveling around in a body that...
by Steve Williams | Nov 25, 2019 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams It’s “Hate Vandy Week,” but we won’t hear Snapper Morgan on a local sports radio-call-in show like we have regularly in the past. Snapper Morgan had risen to No. 3 on my list of “Vandy haters” over the years, trailing only the late George Cafego and...
by Joe Rector | Nov 25, 2019 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector I taught English for 30 years. During that time, I corrected students’ grammatical mistakes and writing errors. Sometimes, they filled essays with flowery language or words which they couldn’t define. While I always believed that expanding a student’s...
by Ralphine Major | Nov 25, 2019 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major “Thank you for your service,” I said to the older gentleman sitting behind us at the restaurant. He was wearing a veterans’ cap. It was Monday, November 11, 2019, Veterans’ Day. The veteran was visiting from a neighboring county. He engaged in...
by design | Nov 25, 2019 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore “I want to take this minute, my Lord, to recite back to you as many things I can think of that you have done for me this day, this week, this month, this past year. You have done great things for me! May a spirit of rejoicing rise up in me as I fill the...
by design | Nov 25, 2019 | The Daily Focus
City of Knoxville offices will be closed Thursday, Nov. 28, and Friday, Nov. 29, for the Thanksgiving holiday. Knoxville Area Transit buses and trolleys will not run Thursday, Nov. 28. On Friday, Nov. 29, KAT will operate following its Saturday schedules. The...
by design | Nov 25, 2019 | Public Notice
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Default having been made by the Debtors in the terms, conditions and payments of a certain purchase-money indebtedness evidenced by a purchase money promissory note and secured by the lien of a Purchase Money Deed of Trust of record in...
