by design | Jan 17, 2022 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly The 1968-69 University of Tennessee basketball season finished 21-7 overall and 13-5 (SEC), with an appearance in the NIT. It featured yeoman-like work from Bill Justus, Billy Hann, Bobby Croft, Jimmy England, and Don Johnson. A game at Vanderbilt...
by design | Jan 17, 2022 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan Here’s a situation I personally encountered a number of years ago. I received a phone call from a neighbor to a piece of property I owned informing me that a tree from my property had fallen on to his house, causing damage. I did not really...
by design | Jan 17, 2022 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Well, I certainly expected some good things, or at least better ones, to come with the new year. However, fate, karma, the good Lord, or something made the decision to keep things going the same. It’s been a long stretch for even the strongest...
by design | Jan 17, 2022 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com My first memory of Lawson McGhee Library was in the sixties. I remember walking up the steps to the entrance with our mother. It was a beautiful old building across from Market Square. As I recall, it occupied the hill...
by design | Jan 16, 2022 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Safe Space? Really! Last week the Knoxville edition of USA Today published an article trying to make a cause out of the arrest of David Hayes. Hayes was arrested by deputies from the Knox County Sheriff’s office outside a meeting at the City &...
by design | Jan 16, 2022 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Few politicians of the time were as cognizant and protective of their public images as was Cordell Hull of Tennessee. One of the most closely guarded secrets in Washington, D. C. was the fact Cordell Hull suffered from tuberculosis. Hull was...
