by design | Aug 13, 2025 | The Daily Focus
Blackburn: President Trump Is Right: America Must Have a Census Recount By Senator Marsha Blackburn Last month, Republicans made history by providing the largest-ever investment in border security in our nation’s history. With the One Big Beautiful Bill signed...
by design | Aug 12, 2025 | The Daily Focus
The East Tennessee History Center to Celebrate “Sports in East Tennessee” During History Hootenanny WHAT: History Hootenanny WHEN: Saturday, August 16, 2025 @ 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. with a special screening from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. WHERE: East Tennessee...
by design | Aug 11, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
The times they were a-changin’ in college football By Tom Mattingly It’s hard to believe that decisions made in the 1960s by coaches and players could have such far-reaching impacts. There had been a fallow period in Tennessee football from 1958 to 1963, when the...
by design | Aug 11, 2025 | Columnist, Pratt
When Mercy Writes Your Story By Justin Pratt Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor I was only a 4th or 5th grader when a group of boys and I thought it would be funny to throw paint we had found onto the side of Alice Bell Elementary School in the early 1990s. I...
by design | Aug 11, 2025 | Columnist, Rector
Child’s pay By Joe Rector I’m not sure if children today have “chores” that they are required to complete. Neither am I sure whether or not young people receive an “allowance” for performing those jobs assigned by their parents. Today’s world is so different than the...
