by design | Jan 25, 2019 | The Daily Focus
THE 1ST ANNUAL WINTERJAM POOL TOURNAMENT At Cool Cat Billiards & Cafe 5210 Schubert Road, Knoxville TN A team of 2 for $50 or be a Wildcard and play as an individual for $30. Wildcard players will make up teams or fill vacant slots. You must be an NKBPA member to...
by design | Jan 24, 2019 | The Daily Focus
Volunteer Tennessee will hold a business meeting on Tuesday, January 29, 2019 from 2:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. CST in Nashville, Tennessee. The agenda for the meeting will include approval of minutes and brief committee reports. Volunteer Tennessee is a 25 member...
by design | Jan 23, 2019 | The Daily Focus
Department of Human Services hopes to recruit more partners to help feed children while out of school. NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) will once again open the application process for organizations to participate in this year’s...
by design | Jan 23, 2019 | The Daily Focus
All executive departments required to assess rural impact and provide recommendations NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Today, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee issued his first executive order, requiring all state executive departments to issue a statement of rural impact and...
by design | Jan 22, 2019 | The Daily Focus
When: 5:30 – 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019 Where: Relix Variety Theatre, 1208 N. Central St. Who: Stakeholders in the North Central Street streetscaping project, including area residents, business and property owners, staff from the City’s Office...
by design | Jan 22, 2019 | The Daily Focus
When: 6 p.m. Thursday, January 24, 2019 Where: Knox County Public Defenders Community Law Office, 1101 Liberty St. Who: Police Advisory & Review Committee members, PARC Executive Director Clarence Vaughn, Knoxville Police Department Chief Eve Thomas, KPD...
by design | Jan 21, 2019 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson There are many reasons I left traditional medicine. For more than four decades I cared for patients in my office and then, when necessary, followed them to the emergency room or the hospital. I have jokingly told patients I could take out their...
by Ralphine Major | Jan 21, 2019 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major They met in Michigan, though both couples were from Tennessee. Missionaries Howard and Joyce Nighbert Clark were on their first stateside assignment in 1986. The Clarks shared their need to have someone pastor their church when they took their next...
by Joe Rector | Jan 21, 2019 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector I’m sometimes awed by the differences that exist in this world compared to the one that existed just ten years ago. That’s how long ago it has been since I retired from teaching. I swore when I left that I would never return, another instance where I’ve...
by Mike Steely | Jan 21, 2019 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely Are you old enough to remember those gas stations that would not only come out and fill your car’s fuel tank but also wipe your windshield or check your tires? Things have changed but there are some of those “ghost” filling stations left. A day’s drive...
