by Ray Hill | Mar 8, 2020 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill William Gannaway “Parson” Brownlow had been elected governor of Tennessee in 1865, taking the oath of office four days before General Robert E. Lee tendered his surrender to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox. Governor Brownlow was engaged in a heated...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Mar 2, 2020 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan From time to time I will have someone contact me and ask me if I am willing to represent them on a pro bono basis, and usually they are kind of a jerk about it. They act like it would be a privilege to represent them on a pro bono basis. ...
by Mike Steely | Mar 2, 2020 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely You may travel Emory Road occasionally or every day. It stretches from Rutledge Pike across north Knox County all the way to Pellissippi Parkway. The route is now a modern county route but the story of the historic route began more than 250 years...
by Ralphine Major | Mar 2, 2020 | Columnist, Major
Spring’s Around the Corner! By Ralphine Major It was in early February when we first noticed them. On a cold Sunday morning, there was lots of chirping coming from the field that was once our orchard. It was covered with the little birds most often identified by...
by Joe Rector | Mar 2, 2020 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector By now, millions of Americans have filed their tax returns; usually those folks are anticipating a refund. Citizens who might owe more taxes are a bit slower to file, and some request extensions to push back the dates that they must make the final...
by design | Mar 2, 2020 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson While campaigning in South Carolina, Hillary Clinton once intoned, “I don’t feel no-ways tarred.” Well, these days I often do. When I was younger, I used to get up, take a shower, drink Dolly’s “cup of ambition” and be at the top of my game. Not so...
