by design | Feb 13, 2022 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Finalists revealed for KCS Superintendent job By Ken Lay The Tennessee School Boards Association has revealed the names of the three finalists who will vie for the position of Knox County Schools Superintendent. Dr. Tammy Grissom of the TSBA revealed the names to the...
by design | Feb 13, 2022 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Republican Incumbents Beware Never before, at least not in my lifetime, can I recall the officers of the local Republican Party more blatantly using their positions for self-promotion and self-preferment. The latest is failed state House candidate...
by design | Feb 13, 2022 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay Rob Black made one of the toughest decisions of his life last week. Black stepped down as Fulton High School’s head football coach Wednesday after 11 seasons. “It was really hard,” Black said of his decision to leave the program where he’s been a fixture...
by design | Feb 13, 2022 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray HIll Key, Jr., famed political scientist and author, gave an excellent description of the grand divisions of Tennessee and its politics in 1949: “Tennessee is a narrow ribbon of real estate stretching from North Carolina to the Mississippi. Tennessee’s far...
by design | Feb 13, 2022 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay Mackenzie Babb has had a magical senior season for the Central High Lady Bobcats. Babb, a center at Central and a four-year starter for the Lady Bobcats, has reached a pair of career milestones this year, and she now has high hopes for her team, which will...
by design | Feb 13, 2022 | Columnist, Ferguson, Stories In This Week's Focus:
America is a land of systemic reform, not systemic racism. Dr. Carol M. Swain By Dr. Jim Ferguson This week it’s hard to know where to begin. There is so much to consider. Admittedly, my essays often present a variety of seemingly unrelated topics. Yet a theme is...