Revisiting our area ghost towns, I

A Day Away By Mike Steely My fascination with ghost towns goes back to my childhood and growing up along the Tennessee and Kentucky border where there were many abandoned coal mining towns. I remember visiting places like Morley, Pruden and Habersham shortly after...

Mopery or felony

If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words. Philip K. Dick By Dr. Jim Ferguson   I realize it’s challenging to discern the truth these days. Some might even argue, “What difference at this point does it make?”...

First Day of School

First Day of School By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com It may not have had the flair or fanfare seen in many social posts today, but the picture shown here was taken on one of my first days of school in the early sixties.  Mother used her Kodak camera to capture...

Sharing the Dark with Neighbors

Sharing the Dark with Neighbors By Joe Rector The tree man dug in the apparatuses on his feet and began climbing the dead pine tree. It stood at least 75 feet tall with long, brittle branches from mid-trunk to the top. He cut whole limbs and let them crash to the...

Legal and public notices for the week of July 31, 2023

court notices NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PUBLICATION IN THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF TENNESSEE CHANCERY DIVISION AT CLINTON, TENNESSEE Anthony Reynolds Whereabouts Unknown Last Known Address: 6606 Raccoon Valley Road Knoxville, TN 37921 Heather Reynolds,...