by design | May 17, 2018 | The Daily Focus
Low-interest loans help fund infrastructure improvements NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) Commissioner Shari Meghreblian today announced that six communities have been approved to receive...
by design | May 17, 2018 | The Daily Focus
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Travel back to medieval times, toast your wine glass, relive the magic of Harry Potter, hang out with the class of Rydell High with Grease, hunt for bargains, hunt for ghosts, camp out at the zoo or jam out to free music. Here’s what’s going on...
by design | May 17, 2018 | The Daily Focus
LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LIHEAP) WHAT: The Knoxville – Knox County Community Action Committee (CAC) LIHEAP is offering INTAKE ON SATURDAY’S for those eligible Knoxville-Knox county residents who have NOT received LIHEAP services...
by design | May 16, 2018 | The Daily Focus
Knoxville City Council will hold an all-day hearing this coming Thursday, May 17, on Mayor Madeline Rogero’s proposed $377 million budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018. The public is encouraged to attend. The hearing begins at 8:30 a.m. Thursday in...
by design | May 16, 2018 | The Daily Focus
Knoxville’s two vintage base ball teams, the Holstons and Emmett Machinists, will play a base ball match by the rules and customs of 1864 at noon, Saturday, May 19, 2018, at historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorngrove Pike. Admission to this historic, family-friendly event...
by design | May 15, 2018 | The Daily Focus
When: 6 p.m. Thursday, May 17, 2018 Where: 1200 McCalla Ave. Who: Hosted by the City and the Knoxville Entrepreneur Center (KEC) Last year, Smart Growth America (SGA) visited the City of Knoxville for a three-day community...
by design | May 15, 2018 | The Daily Focus
The Halls Business and Professional Association will hold its May Membership meeting on Tuesday, May 15, 2018, at 12 Noon at Beaver Brook Country Club. The May Speaker will be a Mary Katherine Wormsley with Hatchet-Hill Properties LLC and Gordy Noe with Pioneer...
by design | May 14, 2018 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I wonder if anything you hear is true anymore. Certainly you have to question anything reported in the press or anything coming from a politician’s mouth. But then you’d have to define truth, which is a much higher bar to attain than purported...
by Steve Williams | May 14, 2018 | Columnist, Williams
Pruitt may match Majors’ rebuilding job at Tennessee From a won-loss record standpoint, the current state of the Tennessee football program compares favorably to where it was 40 years ago. After Johnny Majors’ first season ended in 1977, the Vols were 4-7 overall and...
by Joe Rector | May 14, 2018 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector I’ve always said that high school students have remained the same over the years. One of my classes proved me wrong the other day. We were studying humor, and I showed the old routine by Bill Cosby about being a parent. Yes, I know Cosby stands...
