by design | Jun 11, 2023 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Knox County School Board approves ‘released time course’ By Bill Howard Thinking about the classes kids take in school probably brings to mind, among other things, English, Math, Science and History. There’s another class some kids take in some districts called a...
by design | Jun 11, 2023 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Leftist Hypocrisy Out Of Control The Left in this country never let a crisis go to waste. Like Rumpelstiltskin, they try and spin a crisis into gold, albeit political gold. The wildfires in Canada have leftists wringing their collective hands it’s...
by design | Jun 11, 2023 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Emerald Youth’s Cesar Correa is passionate about serving South Knoxville youth Everyone has a place they call home. For Cesar Correa, Emerald Youth’s Director of Area Ministries – South Area, that place is South Knoxville. Originally from Brazil, Correa moved...
by design | Jun 11, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Burnet Rhett Maybank — his very name evokes the old Southland of books and stories. So, too, did his life story. Maybank’s middle name was for his mother’s family; Andrew Rhett had been a major in the Confederate Army. Burnet Maybank was the scion of a...
by design | Jun 11, 2023 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay When Buzz McNish took the reins of the Fulton High School baseball program, he knew he had a major rebuilding job on his hands. In addition, he had to change the culture and purge the program. “We ran some people off,” said McNish, who previously coached at...
by design | Jun 11, 2023 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Athletes like Marcellus don’t come around often By Steve Williams Not only is Marcellus Jackson the male Student-Athlete of the Year at Fulton High for 2022-23, he’s arguably talented enough to hold that title in Tennessee. The 5-8, 150-pound senior stood out...