by Joe Rector | Mar 11, 2019 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector In case you missed it, an article in the local paper the other day reported that a study has declared Tennessee the angriest and most hateful state in the USA. I know that sometimes I grow more than a little peeved at things, as do most folks, but the...
by design | Mar 11, 2019 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore One in four Americans aged 65 and over falls each year. Every 11 seconds an older adult is treated in the Emergency Room for a fall; every 19 minutes an older adult dies from a fall. What startlingly statistics! But, why? The natural aging process often...
by Steve Williams | Mar 11, 2019 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams When I walked into Clifford Ross Gymnasium at Austin-East High School last Wednesday afternoon, boys basketball head coach Marcus Stanton was finishing up a practice session. He didn’t see me enter the gym at first, as he was observing a drill on the...
by Mark Nagi | Mar 11, 2019 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman Back in 2015, Tennessee’s men’s basketball program was in shambles. They had just completed a mediocre 16-16 season, including a putrid 7-11 mark in SEC play. Their head coach, Donnie Tyndall was fired after only one season due to NCAA violations that...
by Steve Hunley | Mar 10, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley After forty-five days as governor of Tennessee, Bill Lee made his first State of the State address at the Capitol last Monday night. Governor Lee brought legislators and guests to their feet some twenty times and his message throughout the evening...
by Ray Hill | Mar 10, 2019 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Lawrence Davis Tyson had been elected to the United States Senate to represent Tennessee in 1924. To get to the Senate, Tyson defeated a two-term incumbent and a respected former justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court. L. D. Tyson had won the general...
