by design | Sep 9, 2020 | The Daily Focus
City of Knoxville and Knox County officials will gather this Friday to honor the victims of September 11, 2001. The ceremony will take place at the 9/11 Memorial on the lawn of the City County Building at 400 Main St. Knoxville Police Department Chaplain Pam Neal...
by design | Sep 8, 2020 | The Daily Focus
Are you an advocate for your neighborhood — and neighborhoods in general? Would you like to learn more about how city government works? Do you enjoy discussing public policy, particularly with regard to neighborhoods? Would you like to work with other...
by design | Sep 8, 2020 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson “The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.” George Orwell. Well, Boo Radley has come out. You remember, the character played by Robert Duval in the movie adaptation of Harper Lee’s classic novel, “To...
by design | Sep 8, 2020 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. During the 1957-58 flu season, I was in the fifth grade at Chillhowee School in East Knoxville, there was a worldwide pandemic then that originated in China called the Asian flu. Both the US and world populations were only a little over 60% of...
by design | Sep 7, 2020 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Jim Haslam authors memoir on leadership lessons, learning and luck Pilot Company Founder James “Jim” Haslam II has written “Co-Piloting: Luck, Leadership, and Learning That It’s All About Others,” a book that takes readers inside the journey from owning a single gas...
