by design | Jul 1, 2018 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
TSSAA Dead Period Rule – No coaching, observing, or contact between coach and players in sport involved. There is no practice, no open facilities, and no weight training/conditioning. The Dead Period, which is to be observed by all schools, is June 24 through July 7...
by design | Jul 1, 2018 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay The 2018 season has been tough for the Emerald Force women’s soccer team. The team closed out the home portion of its regular-season schedule with a 5-1 Women’s Premier Soccer League loss to Chattanooga FC Thursday night at the Sansom Family Sports...
by design | Jul 1, 2018 | The Daily Focus
Nourish Knoxville presents the second annual Tomato Jam, a drinks competition featuring Knoxville’s best bartenders and East Tennessee’s finest tomatoes, on Sunday, July 29, 12-4 p.m. at The Mill and Mine. In the heat of the East Tennessee summer, it can...
by design | Jun 30, 2018 | The Daily Focus
Lane Closures Halted for Independence Day Holiday Road construction won’t slow motorists across Tennessee over the July 4th holiday. The Tennessee Department of Transportation will suspend all construction-related lane closures on interstates and state routes...
by design | Jun 30, 2018 | The Daily Focus
Tennessee Together Opioid Bill (HB1831) becomes law on July 1, 2018, and seeks to combat the opioid epidemic by limiting the supply and the dosage of opioid prescriptions for new patients, with reasonable exceptions. Yesterday, during a bill signing ceremony in...
by design | Jun 29, 2018 | The Daily Focus
Currently, until space is filled, applications are being accepted for neighbors to join the Knoxville Police Department’s Citizens’ Police Academy (CPA). The CPA is a ten-week program starting on Aug. 23, which meets Thursday evenings from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at...
by design | Jun 28, 2018 | The Daily Focus
A record-breaking 46.9 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more for Fourth of July this year, according to AAA. Here are the Independence Day celebrations, festivals and events going on across Tennessee this week. For a complete list, visit...
by design | Jun 28, 2018 | The Daily Focus
The League of Women Voters of Knoxville-Knox County, the Knoxville Chapter of the NAACP, Centro Hispano, and Knoxville’s Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. will host a candidate forum for Knox County Commission Candidates. This free event will...
by design | Jun 28, 2018 | The Daily Focus
On July 2, Oakwood Lincoln Park Neighborhood Association is hosting a community picnic and public forum. Local, state and federal candidates for August’s election are invited to join residents for a cookout. The cookout will be from 5:30-7 p.m. at the picnic...
by design | Jun 27, 2018 | The Daily Focus
Mayor Madeline Rogero, City Councilmember Gwen McKenzie, City and MPC staff will meet to continue a dialogue about preservation and mediation in Parkridge, tomorrow at 6 p.m., Wed., June 27, at John T. O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. A proposed expansion...
