by design | Sep 27, 2026 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer sounds like a name conjured by a writer like Margaret Mitchell, who wrote “Gone With the Wind.” The very name makes one think of Southern aristocracy, and while Lansdale Sasscer lived in a Border State, he was certainly born to...
by design | Sep 21, 2026 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly It was sometime very late in the evening of Oct. 12, 2002, going into the wee hours of Oct. 13. The Vols had just defeated Arkansas 41-38 in 6 overtimes at Neyland Stadium. Haywood Harris, unbelievably perky at that hour, was at his typewriter...
by design | Sep 21, 2026 | Columnist, Steely
More Than A Day Away By Mike Steely The month of September is important in the history of Knoxville. It was the month the city was captured by Union forces, and the East Tennessee region remained in Northern hands for the rest of the war. Unlike the rest of the...
by design | Sep 21, 2026 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector We left for our bus tour to Niagara Falls on Sunday afternoon. The vehicle pulled in at Walmart in Turkey Creek, and we unloaded our luggage from our car and waited to board. Before long, the entire group arrived. Canes, walkers, and other support items...
by design | Sep 21, 2026 | Columnist, Pratt
By Justin Pratt, Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor Being still is harder than it sounds. Try sitting quietly while your phone buzzes, or resting when you have a problem you cannot solve. Try sleeping when your mind has decided to rehearse every...
by design | Sep 21, 2026 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Ordinarily, I don’t focus on the past because there’s nothing I can do about it. So, I’m trying to live more in the present, yet too often my concerns leap to the future. But recently the past dovetailed with the present to focus on the...
