by Ralphine Major | Sep 4, 2018 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major For decades, she was the beloved first-grade teacher at Gibbs Elementary School. I was in her class during the 1960-61 school year. She even taught our father’s first-grade class years earlier. As a first grader, I was too young to realize her...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Sep 4, 2018 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan If you are under 40 years of age, there is a good chance that you have student loan debt. Student loan debt is an unfortunate commitment that people make thinking it will pay off long-term, however, often times it cripples people financially....
by Steve Hunley | Sep 3, 2018 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Republican Bill Lee will face off with Democrat Karl Dean to serve as Tennessee’s next governor in the November general election. Lee and Dean are both leaders with very different backgrounds. Lee has never run for political office before and...
by Ray Hill | Sep 3, 2018 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill When Congressman J. Will Taylor died on November 14, 1939, it sent shock waves through Tennessee’s political community. Taylor had long been enormously popular inside Tennessee’s Second Congressional district and “Hillbilly Bill” had exercised...
by Joe Rector | Aug 27, 2018 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Well, the day finally arrived. I gave in and purchased another vehicle. Doing so was a difficult decision because I struggle with the idea of having to make a car payment. However, times arrive in life when such actions must be taken. I bought a “new old...
by Mike Steely | Aug 27, 2018 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely Looking for an afternoon drive? How about heading south along what was once the Old Federal Road? The route was first developed in a treaty in 1805 and improved in 1819 as a toll road. Today we know the basic route as Highway 411. The highway skirts the...
