by Ralphine Major | Apr 15, 2019 | Columnist, Major
Becky Turner Calfee By Ralphine Major My brother and I were looking for somewhere special in the community to film a television interview. Channel 10 in Knoxville had called Jan-Carol Publishing to schedule an interview with us when our first children’s book was...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Apr 15, 2019 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan Police work is often glamorized and over-dramatized in tv shows and movies. The police are often in car chases, conducting these really intense interrogations, or using big white boards to connect the dots of how a crime syndicate works. While...
by Mark Nagi | Apr 15, 2019 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman Well, that was interesting… but if we have discovered anything over the past decade, it is that Tennessee fans should expect the unexpected, and fear the worst. Despite losing in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament, the future for Tennessee’s men’s...
by Steve Hunley | Apr 14, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley There are frequent complaints about bullying in our schools and is it any wonder? On Saturday, April 6, Governor Bill Lee came to Knox County to speak at the Lincoln Day Dinner. A small group of teachers led by former local teachers’ union head...
by Ray Hill | Apr 14, 2019 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill By the last week of June, it was obvious to virtually everyone Senator John Knight Shields was in deep political trouble. Shields had been the last man elected by the Tennessee General Assembly to serve in the United States Senate after having served for...
by Joe Rector | Apr 8, 2019 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Former Vice President Joe Biden was taken to the woodshed for allegedly having placed his hands on a woman’s shoulders, smelled her hair, and kissed her head. The outrage came swiftly, yet some women came to his defense to declare the man was not a...