by Ralphine Major | Nov 20, 2017 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major Our Heavenly Father, we come into your presence with grateful hearts for the many blessings of this year. We thank you for gifts both great and small. For homes and jobs, for health and healing, and for your protection and guidance, we give you...
by Joe Rector | Nov 20, 2017 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Too many students fail to complete assigned work. Heck, some of them don’t even take notes on information given either orally or written, even though they receive a grade for doing so. It’s enough to make any teacher’s blood boil. The bottom line is not...
by design | Nov 20, 2017 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore How fortunate we are to have Autumn season, football season, and cooler weather season. Being a lover of fantastic recipes and exotic foods, I must include pumpkin season. No, the pumpkin isn’t exotic in itself, but it can be included in exotic recipes....
by design | Nov 20, 2017 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I’m a pretty good internist and even have secondary board certification in geriatrics. But, I have no experience in growing old or as I like to say growing “older.” In medicine there is a wisdom axiom which goes, “Watch one, do one, teach one.” I...
by Steve Williams | Nov 20, 2017 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams John Currie is in the process of making his first major hire as University of Tennessee athletics director. The task of filling UT’s vacant head coaching position could turn out to be just as easy as it once was for the Vols to beat Kentucky and...
by design | Nov 20, 2017 | The Daily Focus
Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett recently launched his final Wreaths Across America team as mayor. The effort raises funds to place as many live wreaths as possible on graves at the three veterans cemeteries located in Knox County. So what happens after the mayor leaves...
by design | Nov 20, 2017 | The Daily Focus
Who: Knox Adolescent Partners in Prevention Initiative (KAPPI), Knox County Health Department (KCHD), TennCare Kids What: Teaching Teens Outstanding Parenting Skills (T-TOPS) Conference When: Tuesday, Nov. 21 from 9 a.m....
by design | Nov 20, 2017 | The Daily Focus
HOLIDAY LIGHTS GO UP ON DOWNTOWN Downtown Knoxville will shimmer like a scene from a classic Christmas movie when Mayor Madeline Rogero leads the countdown to light the lights and kick off Regal Celebration of Lights at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 24, at the Krutch...
by design | Nov 20, 2017 | Public Notice
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE Sale at public auction will be on December 12, 2017 on or about 10:00AM local time, at the North door, Knox County Courthouse, Knoxville, Tennessee, conducted by the Substitute Trustee as identified and set forth herein below, pursuant...
by design | Nov 20, 2017 | The Daily Focus
The Knoxville Museum of Art and the Tennessee Art Education Association present the East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition Friday, November 24, 2017-Sunday, January 14, 2018. Now in its 12th year, the exhibition offers middle and high school students from...