by design | Jul 26, 2025 | The Daily Focus
Back-To-School Calendar of Events and Important Family Resources ~ from Knox County Schools Knox County Schools is excited to begin the 2025-26 school year. Below is a list of events available for media coverage leading up to the first day of school on Thursday,...
by design | Jul 25, 2025 | The Daily Focus
Mayor Jacobs to Host His Seventh Annual SchoolMania on Friday, July 25 Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs, local leaders, and volunteers are set to return for the seventh annual SchoolMania event, which runs from 3 to 6 p.m. – or until supplies run out – on Friday, July...
by design | Jul 24, 2025 | The Daily Focus
SFMO Reminds Tennesseans About Risks of Lithium-Ion Batteries Agency Shares Lithium-Ion Battery FAQs, Safety Tips to Help Tennesseans Avoid Home Fires NASHVILLE – From cell phones to lawnmowers to automobiles, lithium-ion batteries power many of the electronic...
by design | Jul 23, 2025 | The Daily Focus
Be the First to See Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale Special Screenings for etpbs Supporters in Johnson City & Knoxville Learn More & Get Tickets! East Tennessee PBS is offering an exclusive opportunity for supporters: attend an early screening of Downton...
by design | Jul 22, 2025 | The Daily Focus
TRAFFIC ALERT KNOX COUNTY KNOXVILLE – Motorists traveling on I-275 North in Knox County should be aware of upcoming road construction activities that will have a temporary impact on traffic. Beginning at 7 p.m. tonight, July 22, there will be lane closures on...
by design | Jul 21, 2025 | Columnist, Duncan
Barney Fife Day (And My Birthday) By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com The date this column is published (July 21), I will have my 78th birthday. I call it Barney Fife Day because several years ago, I got a big kick out of it when I found this was also Don...
by design | Jul 21, 2025 | Black, Columnist
The monthly jobs report or how to lie with statistics By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com There are few things in life as certain as death, taxes and an inflated jobs report. The report for June says that 147,000 jobs were added to the...
by design | Jul 21, 2025 | Columnist, Ferguson
The Pack Mule By Dr. Jim Ferguson Every week, I wait for my weekly essay to find me, and it always seems to do so. And sometimes a picture is better than prose to introduce a message. This is why memes are so effective. My West Coast daughter and family were with us...
by design | Jul 21, 2025 | Columnist, Rector
What kind of a world are we leaving our children? By Joe Rector Not long ago, most of us were wondering if summer would ever arrive. Temperatures were unseasonably cool, and flowers that normally would be in full bloom had barely broken through the ground. The rain...
by design | Jul 21, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘The Minister of Defense’ By Tom Mattingly You may not remember it, but there was once a 9-3 Tennessee team that was not ranked by the Associated Press (A. P.) during the entire season. It’s all right there in black agate type in the “Tennessee Volunteers...
