by Mark Nagi | May 6, 2019 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman Sixteen years ago, long time Powell head football coach Clark Duncan made the move to South-Doyle High School, where he took the athletics director role. He fully believed that his coaching days were done as he was moving into an administrator’s role....
by design | May 6, 2019 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Something is going on. Bank buildings, which dot virtually every street corner in Knoxville, are being challenged by CBD shops, which are springing up everywhere to sell the oil extracted from hemp plants. I have no problem with entrepreneurs who...
by Joe Rector | May 6, 2019 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector My how times change. Older folks said this in past years, but I never thought that I’d utter those words. In my observations, the changes that surprise me deal with education. Not so long ago, teachers began to require that students complete summer...
by design | May 6, 2019 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore I recently got a book out of my home library. It is an older book, published in 1979 and written by Victoria Holt. I read it in 1980 and the title intrigued me, made me want to read it again. “The Spring of the Tiger” is the mysterious title. In it I...
by Steve Hunley | May 5, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley How many times have you heard someone complain politicians don’t do what they promised during the campaign? I’ve griped about it myself and cannot begin to count the number of times I’ve heard that same complaint from others. Bill Lee promised during...
by Ray Hill | May 5, 2019 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill February 5, 1937 was a Friday and President Franklin D. Roosevelt publicly announced his intention to ask Congress to enlarge the United States Supreme Court. Roosevelt was fresh from a smashing reelection campaign in 1936, which saw the president carry...
