by design | Jun 4, 2019 | The Daily Focus
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will present 150 citizenship candidates to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee on Friday during a naturalization ceremony. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Suzanne H. Bauknight will administer the Oath...
by design | Jun 4, 2019 | The Daily Focus
Knox County will host the first round of public meetings designed to hear community input about a major greenway corridor study that will touch each section of the county. The study will evaluate roughly 65 miles of proposed greenways within the county, some...
by design | Jun 3, 2019 | Public Notice
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Under and by virtue of the authority vested in the undersigned Trustee, and in execution of that certain Deed of Trust made by Teddy D Parton and wife, Robin A. Parton, dated November 6, 2017, recorded at Instrument No. 201711060028439...
by design | Jun 3, 2019 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson My stories always find me, eventually. However, this week’s inspiration surprised me. I don’t mean to be disrespectful of our military, but this Memorial Day essay has a slightly different focus. I just hope everyone used the holiday weekend to...
by design | Jun 3, 2019 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore Wake up! Decide to have a good day. Today is the day the Lord hath made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24 Dress up! The best way to dress up is to put on a smile. A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks. The Lord does not look...
by Joe Rector | Jun 3, 2019 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector This vacation was going to be a good one. Amy and I had looked forward to another trip to Isle of Palms, South Carolina, our favorite vacation destination. We’d even upgraded our accommodations and were staying in a place in Wild Dunes. We left early on...
by Ralphine Major | Jun 3, 2019 | Columnist, Major
‘He hath made every thing beautiful in his time . . .’ By Ralphine Major The image reminds me of one that could have been in a children’s Sunday School class during the sixties. Colorful, poster-size pictures were often shown to us to illustrate a memory verse from...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Jun 3, 2019 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan Medical payments insurance coverage, or “Med Pay” is something that you may have never heard of, but it is an important part of most car insurance policies. So what is med pay coverage? Med pay coverage is coverage that will pay for medical costs...
by design | Jun 3, 2019 | The Daily Focus
Volunteers can sign up now for the 2019 Big Clinch River Cleanup on Saturday, July 13. The first 100 people who register for the seventh annual cleanup qualify for a free breakfast at the scenic Museum of Appalachia, 2819 Andersonville Highway, Norris. Breakfast...
by design | Jun 2, 2019 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Recode meeting long, confrontational By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The year of 2019 may well be remembered as the year Knoxville City Council struggled with Recode. A second marathon session on Recode became exhausting and labored as the city council once again...
