by Steve Hunley | Mar 31, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Tennesseans should support the governor, ESAs By Steve Hunley Tennesseans ought to stand up and support Bill Lee and the governor’s Education Savings Account legislation. Legislators are being bombarded by special interests opposed to parents and students having a...
by Ray Hill | Mar 31, 2019 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Tennessee’s senior United States senator, John Knight Shields, was a candidate for a third term in 1924. Shields faced two formidable opponents inside the Democratic primary: General Lawrence D. Tyson of Knoxville and former state Supreme Court Justice...
by Steve Williams | Mar 25, 2019 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams If you have a question about past TSSAA state basketball tournaments – like final scores of games, who the champions were or how far a team advanced in the bracket – Nelson Smotherman will have the answer. Starting in 1960 and every season since, he...
by Mike Steely | Mar 25, 2019 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely Powell Valley is located just south of Cumberland Mountain stretching from Wise County, Va., all the way into Eastern Tennessee along the Powell River. The name “Powell” comes from long-hunter Ambrose Powell, a member of Dr. Thomas Walker’s exploration...
by Ralphine Major | Mar 25, 2019 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major Winter’s wrath has left cruel reminders across America. Images of historic flooding can still be seen weeks after the rains first started coming. Homes and businesses have been destroyed. Loved ones have perished. Entire communities have been...
by Joe Rector | Mar 25, 2019 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Many of us spend much of our time wringing hands and wondering “what if.” We dream about how our lives might have been different if we’d made different choices. Most of the time, we see our situations having improved if we’d only made a different choice....