by design | May 4, 2025 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Emerald Youth Foundation hosts annual prayer breakfast By Ken Lay Supporters answered an early wake-up call to attend the Emerald Youth Foundation’s annual prayer breakfast. The inner-city youth ministry hosts the annual fundraising event on the first Friday in May at...
by design | May 4, 2025 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley No One Should Be Above The Law, Including Liberal Judges For the entirety of his four years, Joe Biden insisted there was nothing he could do without Congress to fix the problem at our southern border. Donald Trump’s first 100...
by design | May 4, 2025 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Keegan finds a way to go out a winner again By Steve Williams Keegan Smith came into his final Knoxville Interscholastic Meet last week wanting to top off his career winning streak in the 800-meter run, but lost to Farragut senior Evan Beeler by two-tenths of a...
by design | May 4, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Rise & Fall of a Congressman John M. Coffee of Washington State By Ray Hill For a decade, John Main Coffee served in the U.S. House of Representatives. Reporter Jack Pyle of the Tacoma News Tribune summed up Coffee’s career after a failed comeback attempt in...
by design | May 4, 2025 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Webb’s Langham scores in the sand and relays By Steve Williams Lennox Langham apparently likes playing in the sand. She does it often in her role as a long jumper and triple jumper for Webb School. She also will be going to Florida State to play beach volleyball after...
by design | May 4, 2025 | Columnist, Steely, Stories In This Week's Focus:
A day trip to Rogersville and back A Day Away By Mike Steely “I always read your interesting stories about your visits to these towns but unfortunately, have not saved them. Now, before it is too late, my wife and I want to visit these towns while we still can!” Those...
by design | May 4, 2025 | The Daily Focus
Mother’s Day Feast at Shoney’s Restaurants ~ from Shoney’s of Knoxville, Inc. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Mother’s Day is a special day at Shoney’s! Shoney’s of Knoxville, Inc., with 18 locally owned restaurants, located in 10 East Tennessee counties, is offering many...
by design | May 3, 2025 | The Daily Focus
Beer sold without a license By Mike Steely What happens when a store is caught selling beer but has no beer permit? That situation came up in a recent Knoxville City Council Beer Board meeting when an applicant didn’t appear for a permit request and Knoxville Police...
by design | May 2, 2025 | The Daily Focus
LOCAL EDUCATOR RECEIVES $6,000 SCHOLARSHIP Terry Sharp, who is a School Counselor at Central High School has received the Eunah Temple Holden Scholarship from The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International (Society). The honor society for women educators promotes...
by design | May 1, 2025 | The Daily Focus
Cookie Comeback Girl Scouts host pop-up drive-thru sales at Downtown West Shopping Center Friday and Saturday It’s a cookie comeback – a second chance to stock up on Girl Scout cookies and support young women in East Tennessee. Girl Scouts of Southern Appalachians...
