Beach attire

Beach attire By Joe Rector Amy and I returned from a week at the beach recently. Our vacations are planned for this time of year because I can better tolerate the chances of a hurricane than the sands covered with families and screaming children. We enjoy traveling to...

You Should Be Wearing a GoPro at All Times

You Should Be Wearing a GoPro at All Times By Jedidiah McKeehan Almost every single day I have conversations with people who will tell me some version of this story, “I received some court documents and the things that are in here did not happen. This person lied!” My...

Discovering the Gray Fossil Museum

Discovering the Gray Fossil Museum A Day Away by Mike Steely Sometimes important discoveries are made totally by accident. That’s what happened north of Johnson City in the Gray community during earthmoving for a new road. In 2000 the state was grading in that area...

Go ‘VOLS’

Go ‘VOLS’ By Ralphine Major The four letters became important years ago.  They are still important today.  VOLS, which is short for Volunteers, has long been identified with The University of Tennessee (UT).  I do not remember the vantage point where I was standing...

Q&A with Webb football coach Dave Meske

Q&A with Webb football coach Dave Meske By Mark Nagi Long-time Webb School of Knoxville football coach Dave Meske has announced that this will be his final season on the Spartans sidelines. Meske has been at Webb for 40 years and the last 38 as head football...

A Significant Swagger

A Significant Swagger By Tom Mattingly This is one of my favorite Neyland Stadium pictures, an aerial shot from the 1966 Ole Miss game. It was Homecoming Day in Knoxville, and a near-capacity crowd of 55,206 (57, 122) found its way into the stadium. Here’s the context...