by design | Aug 30, 2026 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Jamie Schnell schnellj@knoxfocus.com Mayor Glenn Jacobs hosted the grand opening of Hero’s Hill—a community of homes and new beginnings for veterans who have experienced homelessness—last Thursday morning. Many families, veterans and supporters gathered as...
by design | Aug 30, 2026 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Hillary Clinton was not the first outsider to shop for a seat in the United States Senate from New York; that distinction belonged to Robert F. Kennedy, younger brother of President John F. Kennedy. Robert Kennedy had been the assistant legal counsel to...
by design | Aug 30, 2026 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay Farragut High School athletic director Donald Dodgen had to answer an early Saturday wake-up call recently. But Dodgen didn’t mind because he knew what the day had in store. He’s shown up to open up the Lynn E. Sexton Gymnasium on a late summer...
by design | Aug 30, 2026 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams South-Doyle’s Benson Brang is more than a quarterback on the field. He’s like a coach, and if he can stay away from the injury bug, he’s sure to play in college someday – maybe even at the Ivy League level. “We all call him Benny,...
by design | Aug 30, 2026 | The Daily Focus
The community is invited to gather Friday, Sept. 4, for “What Dolly Did for Me: A Parade for Our Queen,” a joyful downtown celebration of Dolly Parton’s life, love and legacy. Following a 6:30 p.m. lineup on the City County Building lawn, the parade will step off at 7...
by design | Aug 29, 2026 | The Daily Focus
Communities throughout the state, the country, even across the globe will come together Aug. 31 to recognize International Overdose Awareness Day – an effort to honor people who died or suffered permanent injury because of a substance-related OD. It’s considered the...
