by design | Apr 30, 2025 | The Daily Focus
Nourish Knoxville Kicks Off 22nd Season of Market Square Farmers Market The Market Square Farmers Market returns for its 22nd season on Saturday, May 3, bringing over 130 local vendors to the heart of downtown Knoxville. The market will be open every Saturday (9 AM...
by design | Apr 29, 2025 | The Daily Focus
Free Healthcare Clinic This Weekend in Oak Ridge to Address Limited Access to Care RAM to provide free dental, vision and medical services May 3-4 In many parts of the United States, for millions of Americans, access to basic healthcare is a challenge at best and an...
by design | Apr 28, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘The most difficult decision I’ve had to make in my life’ By Tom Mattingly Sometimes, the best coaching search is no search at all. Consider Dec. 4, 1976, a day all of Big Orange Country had breathlessly awaited. A Tennessee legend was coming home, nearly...
by design | Apr 28, 2025 | Black, Columnist
Fire Jay Powell? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com President Trump has been itching to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome (Jay) Powell. Although he appointed Powell to the post in 2018, Trump has found that he cannot publicly shame Powell...
by design | Apr 28, 2025 | Columnist, Duncan
Trade War – You Can Root For Trump Or For China By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com When I was a batboy for the Knoxville Smokies in the late 1950s and early 1960s, I did it for free the first and second seasons and then for $1.50 a game after that. In...
by design | Apr 28, 2025 | Columnist, Ferguson
The 80/20 Conundrum People elected me to do the job. President Donald Trump By Dr. Jim Ferguson How can a group be on the wrong side of every issue important to the American people? I’m not referring to the radicalized TDS types you see marching in the...
by design | Apr 28, 2025 | Columnist, Steely
Historic Hancock County Jail and Museum burns More Than A Day Away By Mike Steely The history of East Tennessee’s Hancock County is different than any other county. Sneedville is the only incorporated town in the very rural county and, until recently, was proud of its...
by design | Apr 28, 2025 | Columnist, Pratt
A Crisis of Trust By Justin Pratt, Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor It all began with an unexpected package from Amazon—there was no note, just my name and the package from a kind, mystery sender. Inside the plain white bubble-wrapped package was a book...
by design | Apr 28, 2025 | Columnist, Rector
Depression By Joe Rector In the U.S., approximately 21 million individuals have experienced depression at least once. To no one’s surprise, young adults are the most susceptible to depression. That means that a large chunk of our population has lived through at least...
by design | Apr 28, 2025 | The Daily Focus
BURN PERMITS REQUIRED THROUGH MAY 15 ~ from the Tennessee Department of Agriculture Division of Forestry To minimize the risk of wildland fires, Tennesseans are reminded that a burn permit from the Tennessee Department of Agriculture Division of Forestry (TDF) is...
