by design | Jun 19, 2025 | The Daily Focus
Make Music Knoxville Day this Saturday This Saturday, June 21, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., S.O.U.L.S. Youth Choir will present a Sacred and Patriotic Musical Tribute at Blount Mansion as a featured group for Make Music Knoxville Day! Martin Ammons will be providing a...
by design | Jun 18, 2025 | The Daily Focus
MEDIC Regional Blood Center Offering E-Gift Card to All Donors June 18 – 20 Donations have been slow, and demand has been high this month. MEDIC is rewarding donors for their time by offering the Tango e-gift card for various donation procedures this week. All whole...
by design | Jun 17, 2025 | The Daily Focus
Knoxville Gears Up for 2025 MLK Jr. Parade & Juneteenth Celebration – This Thursday! ~ from the MLK Commemorative Commission The MLK Commemorative Commission invites the community to gather in unity and celebration for the MLK Jr. Parade & Juneteenth...
by design | Jun 16, 2025 | Columnist, Duncan
Elitist Democrats Want Billions More Tax Money For Harvard By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Everyone should now feel sorry for Harvard (wink-wink). At least the elitist Democrats and their allies in the national media seem to think so. They have been...
by design | Jun 16, 2025 | Columnist, Ferguson
Posse Comitatus The people that are causing the problem are professional agitators. They’re insurrectionists. They’re bad people. President, Donald Trump By Dr. Jim Ferguson As I begin this essay, Los Angeles is on fire for the second time in six months. And...
by design | Jun 16, 2025 | Columnist, Steely
Thinking of John Cullum, notable character actor from Knoxville By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com From film’s Grace Moore, Mary Costa, David Keith and Quentin Tarantino, to singers Dolly Parton, Kenny Chesney and Kelsea Ballerini, and comedians Henry...
by design | Jun 16, 2025 | Columnist, Rector
They were my first By Joe Rector As much as I hate to admit it, I do check Facebook several times a day. Other platforms I avoid because I just don’t want to know too much about people or events. I don’t like Facebook, but I can keep up with birthdays and important...
by design | Jun 16, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘R-E-S-P-E-C-T’ By Tom Mattingly There is respect, and then there’s respect. “R-E-S-P-E-C-T,” as Aretha Franklin sang so many times over the years. Here’s an example. The Tennessee football team was flying home one Saturday night after a game in the late 1980s...
by design | Jun 16, 2025 | Columnist, Nagi
What a Year for Tennessee Athletics By Mark Nagi Well, it’s summertime. Maybe not officially, but when there is very little going on in terms of sports, summer has arrived. We have now hit the official end of Tennessee athletics for the 2024-2025 school year. And when...
by design | Jun 16, 2025 | The Daily Focus
The Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation Partners with Thrive to Launch Transformative Summer Literacy Program in Knoxville Thrive is proud to announce a new partnership with the Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation to provide a transformative summer literacy program aimed...
