by design | Feb 6, 2019 | The Daily Focus
WHEN: 5:30-7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 7 WHERE: Burlington Branch Library (4614 Asheville Hwy.) WHO: Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs BACKGROUND: These meetings are designed to give citizens the opportunity to meet one-on-one and speak...
by design | Feb 5, 2019 | The Daily Focus
All of the 8th grade students at Northwest Middle School will be participating in a Junior Achievement program Tuesday, February 5. The It’s My Future JA in a Day program offers practical information about preparing for the working world while still in middle...
by design | Feb 4, 2019 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I have previously written about the Christian-Newsom torture-murders, and concluded that “Sometimes, the best explanation for the otherwise inexplicable, is evil.” I continue to reflect upon the notion of such a force which is the opposite of...
by Ralphine Major | Feb 4, 2019 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major It is the day set aside to gauge the coming of spring. February 2 is the long-awaited day marked as “Groundhog Day” on most calendars. Punxsutawney Phil of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania is the star woodchuck on February 2. It is a special event as...
by Joe Rector | Feb 4, 2019 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Our son Dallas moved back to Knoxville in September. He moved to Chattanooga to attend college and then began his career. After 15 years, he decided to make a change in jobs that led him back here. He’s been living with us until he can sell his...
by design | Feb 4, 2019 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore Most of my friends and readers know that I’m a Yankee transplanted down here in the South from up North. I spent my early years in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, but, after I married I became a member of quaint little towns that were encircled by Amish farms....
by design | Feb 4, 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 January 8, 2014, executed by LYNELL N TUCKER, conveying certain real property therein described to CHARLES E....
by design | Feb 4, 2019 | The Daily Focus
~ from the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church When: Saturday, February 16th, 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. Where: 2931 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919 Join us for our Annual Alliance Book Sale! We will have hundreds of gently loved books, CDs, DVDs, VCRs, vinyl...
by Steve Hunley | Feb 4, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley
By Steve Hunley, Publisher publisher@knoxfocus.com Please make time to attend the first Recode zoning change workshop in City Council this upcoming Thursday, February 7 at 5:30 p.m. in the Main Assembly Room of the City-County Building. Your future property rights...
by Mark Nagi | Feb 4, 2019 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman This coming Wednesday (February 6) is officially National Signing Day, the day that high school football players announce where they plan to play in college and further their education. There are crying parents, cheering teammates, and enough cap...
