by Joe Rector | May 20, 2019 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Without exception, May is my favorite month of the year. Yes, it’s my birthday month, but so many other things are imprinted on my memory, and they bring smiles to me whenever they surface. The other night, I scooped up from the back yard our dog Sadie’s...
by design | May 20, 2019 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I haven’t read anything about Shirley McClain and her New Age spirituality, lately. Perhaps she’s just meditating in her advanced years. Her comments about Jews, Christians and Stephen Hawking in 2015 apparently provoked enough criticism to silence...
by Ralphine Major | May 20, 2019 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major It is already that special time of year as graduating seniors prepare to leave high school and begin a new chapter in their lives. To help in their educational pursuits, the Gibbs Ruritan Club has once again awarded scholarships to four deserving...
by Mark Nagi | May 20, 2019 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman College coaches are regular visitors to Knoxville Catholic football practices, and why not. The Fighting Irish are putting more and more of its players onto college rosters. Four members of the Knoxville Catholic football team are listed in the Top 35...
by Steve Hunley | May 19, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley For the past two and a half years, the City of Knoxville has been nudging along one of the most comprehensive and sweeping plans surrounding property use. Known as “Recode,” this nefarious plan has gone through more incarnations than the Devil...
by Ray Hill | May 19, 2019 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill The son of Polish immigrants, Sol Bloom was at various times a theatre impresario, real estate magnate, composer and long-time congressman. Bloom was deeply interested in foreign affairs in the House of Representatives and finally achieved his ambition of...
