by design | Feb 12, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
Lighting Lives By Joe Rector With a snowfall that this area hadn’t seen in a long while and the pouring rains that followed gone, I was feeling good about the warm spell that allowed me to be outside. Then over the weekend, a call came to my wife that darkened even...
by design | Feb 12, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
Three SEC Championship Seasons to Remember By Tom Mattingly The 2024 season marks the 85th anniversary of the 10-1 1939 team, the 55th anniversary of the 9-2 1969 team, and the 35th anniversary of the 11-1 1989 team, champions all. Each of these “Boys of Fall” teams...
by design | Feb 11, 2024 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Well Done, Mike McMillan Nobody would have been more pleased than Mike McMillan by the send-off he received from friends. McMillan passed away after a long battle with cancer on January 26. Congressman Tim Burchett spoke at Mike...
by design | Feb 11, 2024 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Battle of The Titans: Carmack versus Taylor By Ray Hill Politically speaking, Tennessee has never lacked for talent or ability. To get to the United States Senate, Kenneth D. McKellar had to defeat two of Tennessee’s most recognizable Democrats, as well as the best...
by design | Feb 5, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
Cable news isn’t news By Joe Rector I’ve always liked the news on television. My generation was lucky enough to have anchors such as Huntley and Brinkley, Frank Reynolds, and the GOAT, Walter Cronkite. Back then, we had a half-hour local news report, and then the...
by design | Feb 5, 2024 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major He was known as Tony D’Andrea, but students called him “Mr. D.” In the early sixties, he became the band director at Gibbs, a small rural school in Corryton, Tennessee. While D’Andrea taught band at the junior high and high school levels, he also...
