by Ray Hill | Aug 23, 2020 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill It has been 100 years since Tennessee ratified the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which gave women the right to vote in our country. It seems appropriate to celebrate the occasion in these pages. Tennessee became the battleground state for the...
by design | Aug 17, 2020 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson As my readers know I like words; not just to be pedantic (bookish), but pedagogical (educational), because I’m a teacher at heart. Previously I’ve noted that the word doctor derives from the Latin word docere, which means to teach. I teach medical...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Aug 17, 2020 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan When I speak to personal injury clients about their cases, they will occasionally tell me something like, “well, this should be an easy case, but I saw them out there fixing the broken step I fell on the very next step.” Why would this be...
by Joe Rector | Aug 17, 2020 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector The image stunned me: a mile and a half line of traffic in the Dallas area. The vehicles were lined up down the road from a large parking lot. There, boxes of food were being distributed to people who were in need. All races, all ages, and all social...
by design | Aug 17, 2020 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore The closer someone in a royal family is to the throne, the more the public hears about him or her. Others are almost forgotten. The British royal family has a line of succession that includes nearly sixty people. One of them is Lord Frederic Windsor,...
by Ralphine Major | Aug 17, 2020 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com If the name sounds familiar—it should. For years, the late Bill and Dora Staley were well known in the Gibbs Community. Dora was cafeteria manager at Gibbs High School. Thanks to the Staleys’ great-granddaughter, there is...
