by Jedidiah McKeehan | Jun 17, 2019 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan This question seems to come up quite a bit on TV. Someone is about to sell drugs to an undercover cop and the drug dealer says to the cop, “If I ask you if you are a cop, you have to tell me, right?” No, no, no! I have no idea where this came...
by design | Jun 17, 2019 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore I grew up with Shirley Temple. I adored her, saw most of her movies, and emulated her as much as possible, all except for the shining curls because my hair was straight as a stick. She was four years older than me, born in California in 1928. She got...
by Ralphine Major | Jun 17, 2019 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major It is a fascinating plant to watch. The beautiful white petals with deep-red markings open up wide in the morning as if to greet a new day. A bush with only a single Rose of Sharon flower may be covered with blooms by day’s end. But after they...
by Joe Rector | Jun 17, 2019 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Yesterday was Father’s Day. I spent some time with son Dallas and talked on the phone with daughter Lacey and Josh Fritts, a former student whom my family claimed as one of our own when he was a junior in high school, thirty years ago. Most of the day,...
by Steve Hunley | Jun 16, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley On Friday, June 14, Knoxville city councilman and current mayoral candidate Marshall Stair was interviewed on the WETR 92.3 FM radio program “Knoxville Morning News.” A caller asked Mr. Stair to please find out how Recode would affect residential...
by Ray Hill | Jun 16, 2019 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Edward Hull Crump, master of the machine that ruled Memphis and Shelby County for decades, held a variety of elected offices – – – Mayor of Memphis, county Trustee, but most have forgotten he was also elected to Congress. Elective...
