‘They’re going to catch you’

‘They’re going to catch you’ By Tom Mattingly The day was Oct. 22, 1977, in the year John Majors came marching home as head football coach at the University of Tennessee. The series grew in intensity in 1969, with a 14-13 Florida win in the Gator Bowl. The...

Vacation

Vacation By Dr. Jim Ferguson Is the notion of a vacation irrelevant if you are retired and every day is a holiday from work? I retired from medicine after 45 years and a lifetime of meeting schedules. But now the publisher’s deadline for this weekly column is my only...

The Tragic Truth on Passive Parenting

The Tragic Truth on Passive Parenting By Justin Pratt, Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor There is a haunting tragedy that echoes through history: it is possible to win in the world and lose at home. A pastor friend recently shared with me the story of a...

How Contempt Works in Tennessee

How Contempt Works in Tennessee By Jedidah McKeehan When someone refuses to follow a court order in Tennessee, one of the tools available to address that issue is filing a motion for contempt. But what exactly does that mean, and how does it work? Being held in...

Coaching football

Coaching football By Joe Rector At the Doyle High School 50th reunion, I saw students whom I didn’t recognize after all these years. However, I did see a few football players who still had features from their teenage years. At DHS and at Karns High School, I coached...

Publisher’s Positions

Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Immigration Should be Very Selective The idea that everyone who wants to come to the United States to live should be welcomed with open arms without a second thought is as simplistic as it is wrong.  And it is terrible public...