by design | Apr 23, 2025 | The Daily Focus
The New Harvest Farmers’ Market Kicks Off on Thursday, April 24 Knox County and Nourish Knoxville will kick off this season’s New Harvest Park Farmers’ Market at 3 p.m. on Thursday April 25, with Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs ringing the opening bell. Visitors will...
by design | Apr 23, 2025 | The Daily Focus
More Than 200 Tennessee Students Participate in Annual History Day Competition Recently, 217 students from across the Volunteer State participated in the 2025 Tennessee History Day Competition; at stake was a chance to represent Tennessee at National History...
by design | Apr 22, 2025 | The Daily Focus
East Tennessee History Center wins nine awards at statewide conference The East Tennessee History Center (ETHC) was the recipient of nine awards at the recent Tennessee Association of Museums (TAM) Annual Conference. The TAM Awards ceremony was held at the Knoxville...
by design | Apr 21, 2025 | Columnist, Duncan
Israel – Killing Ambulance Workers, Starving Little Children By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com On Palm Sunday (April 13), Israeli bombs destroyed the surgery and intensive care sections of the “last fully functional hospital in Gaza City,” according...
by design | Apr 21, 2025 | Black, Columnist
What Would Adam Smith Do? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com I read Adam Smith’s “An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations” in my junior year at Georgia – yes, we actually had to read books when I was in...
by design | Apr 21, 2025 | Columnist, Ferguson
Brownian Motion Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind. Albert Einstein By Dr. Jim Ferguson Some may find it odd, but lately I’ve been thinking about Brownian motion. And because I believe the best writing is about things that interest the...
by design | Apr 21, 2025 | Columnist, Rector
Take Good Care of Her By Joe Rector Congratulations to Gage and Ashley Sharp on the birth of their daughter Olivia Grace on April 15. A family was born with the child’s arrival, and while I’m thrilled for my friends, I wouldn’t trade places with them for a billion...
by design | Apr 21, 2025 | Columnist, McKeehan
Background Checks of Child Care Workers By Jedidiah McKeehan If you are a new parent, or maybe even an experienced parent, and you have concerns about whether your children are safe with the workers in their daycare, you may want to review Tennessee Code Annotated...
by design | Apr 21, 2025 | Columnist, Steely
Remembering Bob Booker By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com One of the first people I met after I moved to Knoxville about 30 years ago was Bob Booker. I got to know him somewhat from his history within the community and as the first African American...
by design | Apr 21, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘Do something about the terrible series standing’ By Tom Mattingly Despite what you might have thought or heard, the early years of the Tennessee football program were not without their share of controversy. The Vol football program was lucky to have...
