by design | Nov 20, 2024 | The Daily Focus
City Announces Thanksgiving Holiday Schedule City of Knoxville offices will be closed Thursday, Nov. 28, and Friday, Nov. 29 for the Thanksgiving holiday, including the Office of Neighborhood Empowerment. Garbage and recycling collection will run on a regular schedule...
by design | Nov 19, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Second Harvest Food Bank Hosts Thanksgiving Food Distribution Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee will host a Thanksgiving food distribution at Redemption Church at 3550 Pleasant Ridge Road, Knoxville, TN 37921 on Wednesday, November 20th, from 10:00 a.m. until...
by design | Nov 19, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Testing Results Confirm: Emerald Academy Scholars Outperform City, Statewide Peers New statewide testing data for the 2023-2024 school year confirms Emerald Academy, Knoxville’s first public, K-8 charter school, is changing the trajectory of learning outcomes for...
by design | Nov 18, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
The Four Main Issues That Gave Trump The Victory (Part Two) By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com (Continued from 11/11/24 edition) In my column last week, I wrote that Donald Trump won the election for four main reasons: the economy, immigration, Kamala Harris...
by design | Nov 18, 2024 | Black, Columnist
Are you now feeling the joy? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com I was on a local radio show where the host told the callers that I was black. I corrected him saying that I was “mostly black” having 10 distinct DNA strains. On the campaign...
