by design | Aug 7, 2019 | The Daily Focus
Rate increases at the City of Knoxville’s Transfer Station go into effect Sept. 1, 2019. The Transfer Station, located at 1033 Elm St., collects a wide variety of solid waste materials, including tires, building materials, construction/demolition debris,...
by design | Aug 6, 2019 | The Daily Focus
Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee to Receive Donations for Food for Kids Program Teaming up with WBIR-TV Channel 10 and B97.5, Kroger will host a Food for Kids fundraiser August 4-24 at all East Tenn. Kroger locations to benefit Second Harvest Food Bank of...
by Mike Steely | Aug 5, 2019 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely My wife and I camped on our way to Canada recently to see the whales that come into the St. Lawrence River in the province of Quebec. While we found Quebec to be much more “French” than we expected, it was a surprise to find what we discovered. Passing...
by design | Aug 5, 2019 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Ticks are disgusting creatures, especially the large “fat” ones on your dog. I have the same visceral opinion of maggots and blood worms, the latter we recently found in our pasture. There is a principal in physics which holds that nature abhors a...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Aug 5, 2019 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan In TV shows and movies involving lawyers, the main character may get involved in a case in which someone needs a lawyer and they are currently represented by a public defender. The main character may meet up with the public defender to discuss the...
by Ralphine Major | Aug 5, 2019 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com “I honestly made the “Happiness Abounding” shirt for myself to get through yesterday and to honor Angela Easterday Holder. One day at a time.” Those words came from Sarah Beth Crabtree of Crabtree Creations last May shortly after...
by Joe Rector | Aug 5, 2019 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Okay, let me get this straight. The year is 2019; this is the USA; and we’re again dealing with issues of race. What in the world happened? I must be in a time warp. The 1960s became the heyday and the battle fields for that social change. After years of...
by design | Aug 5, 2019 | The Daily Focus
A leaf print art workshop will be held at the UT Arboretum on Saturday, August 10th from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Please bring a sack lunch. The program will be held at the UT Arboretum Sharp Program Shelter, 901 S. Illinois Avenue in Oak Ridge. The event will take...
by design | Aug 5, 2019 | Public Notice
NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated February 15, 2013, executed by FRANKIE M BONJOUR, conveying certain real property therein described to FOOTHILLS...
by design | Aug 5, 2019 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore From the time of the first permanent European settlement in 1643, Pennsylvania has been important for its strategic location, spirit of independence, and economic power. The British gained the colony in 1664, but in 1691 King Charles signed a charter...
