by design | Sep 30, 2026 | The Daily Focus
~ from Shafer Insurance Agency Shafer Insurance Agency and Young-Williams Animal Center are teaming up to help more animals find loving homes with a special adoption day on Saturday, October 10, 2026. As part of the event, Shafer Insurance Agency will cover adoption...
by design | Sep 29, 2026 | The Daily Focus
New data from Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap study underscores the ongoing struggle many East Tennessee families face in putting food on the table. The report found that more than eight in ten counties with the highest rates of food insecurity are rural or...
by design | Sep 28, 2026 | The Daily Focus
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The area near Lakeshore Park may become a Conservation and Historic Overlay neighborhood. The Knoxville City Council may vote Tuesday to ask the Knoxville-Knox County Planning Commission to look into designating it as...
by design | Sep 27, 2026 | The Daily Focus
Knoxville lawmakers Lt. Gov. Randy McNally, Sen. Becky Massey and Sen. Richard Briggs announced that seven Knox County senior centers and programs have been awarded a total of $293,000 through the Tennessee Department of Disability and Aging. “Senior centers help...
by design | Sep 26, 2026 | The Daily Focus
~ from Knox County Schools Members of the community are invited to join Knox County Schools in honoring service this Veterans Day. Staff, families, and community partners are invited to purchase and wear the district’s special Honoring Service T-shirt on November 11...
by design | Sep 25, 2026 | The Daily Focus
Five-time Regional Emmy-nominated director Caleb Holland premieres What Dolly Gave Me: Celebrating an East Tennessee Folk Hero today, September 25, for the inaugural Dolly Day. The new 23-minute independent documentary was filmed across East Tennessee in the days and...
