by design | Mar 1, 2018 | The Daily Focus
From the City of Knoxville, Office of Neighborhoods The neighborhood organization Town Hall East (THE) created a Schools Committee so that the organization could be more involved with its local community school. After working with THE, Sarah Moore Greene...
by design | Feb 28, 2018 | The Daily Focus
Annual event at Games & Things benefits Thompson Cancer Survival Center Face off against local celebrities while helping cancer patients at the seventh annual “Game On Against Cancer” at Games & Things, 10706 Kingston Pike. The event, which will...
by design | Feb 28, 2018 | The Daily Focus
Parade, pet party set for Saturday, March 3 in downtown Knoxville Hundreds of dogs and their human companions will stroll through downtown Knoxville on Saturday, March 3, during the 11th annual Mardi Growl to benefit Young-Williams Animal Center. Mardi...
by design | Feb 27, 2018 | The Daily Focus
Motorists traveling in Knox County should be aware of upcoming bridge deck repairs that will affect traffic in west Knoxville over the next few weekends. Beginning on Friday night, March 2nd, I-40 East and I-40 West will be reduced to two lanes from the West Hills...
by design | Feb 26, 2018 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Medical decisions are relatively straightforward because they emerge from facts and reason rather than emotion. We all have emotional and rational aspects of our personality, but errors often result when important decisions are driven by...
by design | Feb 26, 2018 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore My title is the name of a book I’m reading now by Rachel Naomi Remen, MD who is one of the earliest pioneers in the mind/body health field, and was one of the first to develop a psychological approach to people with life-threatening illnesses and...
by Ralphine Major | Feb 26, 2018 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major Wash your hands! Despite today’s many advancements, the instructions that mothers have given children for years is still the best advice modern medicine offers to guard against flu. This year’s flu season has been brutal, snuffing out the...
by Joe Rector | Feb 26, 2018 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Another day brought another massacre of young people. Douglas High School suffered from the maniacal acts of a former student. In the end, seventeen persons are dead and as many have been wounded. The weapon of choice in the crime was an AR-15...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Feb 26, 2018 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan In the final episode of Seinfeld, the four main characters are sent to jail for a year for failing to render aid to someone getting mugged (if you have not seen it yet, I am not sorry, it aired 20 years ago). There is a similar statute in...
by Mark Nagi | Feb 26, 2018 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman In March, Tennessee’s men’s basketball team will play in the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2014. They also have a decent chance of winning the SEC tournament, something they haven’t done since 1979. Tennessee has swept their season series...
