by design | Mar 23, 2019 | The Daily Focus
Students learning during music class at the University-Assisted Community Schools after school program at Pond Gap Elementary. More than 100 nonprofit and government agencies are registered for the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s first Nonprofit Day, to be held 9...
by design | Mar 22, 2019 | The Daily Focus
The Department of Veterans Affairs Knoxville National Cemetery will honor the service, sacrifice, and enduring achievements of the Armed Forces in a 50th Anniversary event on March 28, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. at the Knoxville National Cemetery flagpole. The event will...
by design | Mar 21, 2019 | The Daily Focus
Spring is finally here and once again it’s time to remove unsightly litter from Seymour’s roadsides, streets, stream banks, and public places. Seymour’s spring Roads and Rivers Day will be held on Saturday, March 23, from 9:00 a.m. until noon. This semi-annual cleanup...
by design | Mar 21, 2019 | The Daily Focus
Did you know that Americans produce over 12 million tons of electronic waste annually? Take Action! and keep e-waste out of landfills at E-Cycle for Earth this Saturday from 9 a.m.-noon! Recycle your unwanted electronics, volunteer to help sort e-waste or do both!...
by design | Mar 21, 2019 | The Daily Focus
Good things are brewing at the Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum (KBGA). Knoxville’s breweries and distilleries are partnering with the KBGA to create a Green Drinks Garden that will educate visitors about the agriculture of alcohol. After nearly a year of...
by design | Mar 20, 2019 | The Daily Focus
Today, the City of Knoxville launches an electric scooter pilot program with the first of two companies selected through a competitive process. Zagster, which operates the local Pace bike-sharing program, put its Spin scooters on downtown streets Wednesday, in...
by design | Mar 20, 2019 | The Daily Focus
On Monday, March 25, writer Peter Ho Davies will read as part of the University of Tennessee Creative Writing Series. Peter Ho Davies is the author of two novels, The Fortunes (winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Award, and the Chautauqua Prize) and The Welsh Girl...
by design | Mar 19, 2019 | The Daily Focus
The Knoxville Area Dulcimer Club will meet at Second United Methodist Church 1524 Western Avenue on Sunday, March 24th at 1:30. This will be a special meeting featuring a workshop on “Jamming Tips & Tricks” by nationally known Hammered Dulcimer champion,...
by design | Mar 18, 2019 | Public Notice
COURT NOTICES NON-RESIDENT NOTICE BRIGID CHEPKEMEI CHEMOSIT -Vs- CHARLES LEONARD HYDELL Docket # 144479 IN THE FOURTH CIRCUIT COURT OF KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEE In this cause, it appearing from the Complaint filed, which is sworn to, that the defendant...
by Mike Steely | Mar 18, 2019 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely You may know it as Sharps Chapel or simply the peninsula, but that huge swatch of state forest just north of Maynardville is actually the Chuck Swan Wildlife Management Area. While it is mostly abandoned now, at one time many families lived, worshiped...
