by design | May 6, 2025 | The Daily Focus
Paddle with Keep Knoxville Beautiful Keep Knoxville Beautiful (KKB) will be hosting their fifth annual Third Creek Clean Paddle next Saturday, May 10, from 10 a.m.–12 p.m. at UT Gardens, 2518 Jacob Dr. They will be removing litter and invasive species...
by design | May 5, 2025 | Columnist, McKeehan
Writing a Codicil to a Will By Jedidiah McKeehan Estate planning makes sure assets are distributed according to an individual’s wishes. In Tennessee, people who have drafted a will may need to make changes without rewriting the entire document. Personally, I recommend...
by design | May 5, 2025 | Columnist, Duncan
I Wish I Could Stop Reading About The Slaughter In Gaza By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com As I sat in church last Sunday before the service started, I thought maybe I read too much. I wish I had not read about Mohamed Hegazy, a seven-year-old Palestinian boy...
by design | May 5, 2025 | Black, Columnist
Chairman Warsh? Not likely By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com The media wants us to believe that former member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors Kevin Warsh is Trump’s favorite to replace Jerome Powell. Rumor has it that when the...
by design | May 5, 2025 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I envision my iPhone as an extension of my persona. It connects me to others around the world and to the World Wide Web of information. My device is always with me, except in the shower. And the Timehop application on my phone daily retrieves...
by design | May 5, 2025 | Columnist, Rector
Another language rant By Joe Rector It comes as no surprise that I love music. I’ve shared for years about my being in choirs in high school, college and churches. The problem is that I have a voice that weakens a bit every year. Without the help of Gage Sharp, I’d be...
by design | May 5, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
The center of attention wearing jersey No. 57 By Tom Mattingly When the news arrived the morning of April 25 that former Tennessee linebacker and College Football Hall of Fame member Steve Kiner (June 12, 1947-April 25, 2025) now belonged to the ages, the memory banks...
by design | May 5, 2025 | Columnist, Nagi
NFL Calls on Vols By Mark Nagi The NFL Draft isn’t a perfect representation of how a college football program is faring… but typically, the number of players selected goes hand in hand with a winning culture at the FBS level. Back in Tennessee’s glory days of the...
by design | May 5, 2025 | The Daily Focus
Reading and discussion on new children’s book, Of Words and Water: The Story of Wilma Dykeman WHEN: Wednesday, May 13, 2025 @ 5:30 p.m. WHERE: East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN “Water come down.” Those were the first words of...
by design | May 5, 2025 | Public Notice
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note dated 06/07/2006, and the Deed of Trust of even date securing the same, recorded 07/14/2006, in Instr. :200507140003929, in...
