by Jedidiah McKeehan | Jun 22, 2020 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan Every single day, in courtrooms across America, criminal defendants are pleading guilty to crimes with which they have been charged and entering agreements to serve their sentences on probation. This is a good thing. If everyone who pleads guilty...
by Ralphine Major | Jun 22, 2020 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major His list of accomplishments is absolutely amazing! A 40-year career at Robertshaw Fultons in Knoxville, Tennessee. In retirement, 12 years blacksmithing at the Museum of Appalachia in Norris, Tennessee, for his good friend, John Rice Irwin, founder...
by design | Jun 22, 2020 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore In the book of Luke in the Bible, there a short story about a short man. His name was Zacchaeus, who was identified as a wealthy tax collector. Jews often viewed tax collectors as traitors for working for the Roman government collecting taxes...
by Joe Rector | Jun 22, 2020 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Enough! It’s that simple. This country already has plenty of problems without piling on more and more. Now, this might not make anyone happy, but the truth is that all sides share some of the blame for the mess we are in. It is also true that the...
by Steve Hunley | Jun 21, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley American Insurrection For the first time since the American Civil War, at least as far as I know, armed secessionists have occupied American soil and territory while legal and legitimate authorities simply stand by and gawk. The Capitol Hill...
by Ray Hill | Jun 21, 2020 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Pulaski Congressman Ross Bass had defeated Governor Frank Clement for the Democratic nomination to succeed the late Senator Estes Kefauver. Bass faced Republican Howard Baker in the general election. It was the first time Frank Clement had lost an...
