by Ralphine Major | Apr 26, 2021 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major Just as green grass starts coming up from the ground and temperatures start climbing, a cold snap strikes! This past week, I heard someone remind us why. It’s April and dogwoods are blooming—it’s Dogwood Winter! Delicate pink and white...
by Joe Rector | Apr 26, 2021 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Amy and I spent the last weekend in Hendersonville as we celebrated our daughter Lacey’s and son-in-law Nick’s April birthdays. For the first time in more than a year, we had the chance to hug them, as well as grandson Madden. It was a wonderful weekend....
by Mark Nagi | Apr 26, 2021 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi Over the past few seasons of Tennessee men’s basketball, John Fulkerson has been one of the Vols most popular and effective players. The 6’9” forward from Kingsport has averaged 6.6 points and 3.9 assists per game in his five years in the program. In...
by Tom Mattingly | Apr 26, 2021 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly A great many interesting things go on in the visiting team’s locker room area after the game is over. Tennessee fans see visiting teams trot onto the field to a scattered chorus of boos, but that’s just part of the story. There’s drama underneath the...
by Ray Hill | Apr 25, 2021 | Archived Editions, Archives, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Remembering Senator Bill Brock By Ray Hill Bill Brock died March 25, 2021 of pneumonia while in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Brock was one of the founders of Tennessee’s modern Republican Party and he had a great deal to do with turning the Volunteer State into a...
by Steve Hunley | Apr 25, 2021 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley We Need To Get This Right Local media has been consumed by the story of the shooting of Austin-East student Anthony Thompson. Some readers will remember when Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon called a hasty press conference in a city park in twenty...
