by design | May 21, 2018 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore Mother’s Day is over but it behooves the sons and daughters to remember to love, honor, and respect our mothers every day of the year. Mother and Daughter banquets were held in churches across the country a few days before Mother’s Day. Halls Crossroads...
by Steve Williams | May 21, 2018 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Julia Martin said she just wanted to get on the podium at this year’s TSSAA state pentathlon. Competing for First Baptist Academy of Powell, one of the newest TSSAA members in the state, she had finished in 11th place last spring as a junior when...
by Mark Nagi | May 21, 2018 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman The hiring of Phillip Fulmer brought some much-needed stability to the University of Tennessee’s athletics department. For the first time in a long time, everyone knows who is in charge. Finally, there’s an adult in the room. But if you thought...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | May 21, 2018 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan If you ever hear people complain about other job professions that have great hours or get a lot of holidays, one of the jobs that comes up the most is bankers. Why do bankers get so many holidays anyway? Well Tennessee Code Annotated section...
by Steve Hunley | May 20, 2018 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Shoes are beginning to drop as the mainstream media hurries to excuse methods they would have used to ruin careers and lives in other circumstances. Tucker Carlson had as his guest writer and senior editor of The Federalist Mollie Hemingway last week...
by Ray Hill | May 20, 2018 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Austin Peay had been an exceedingly popular governor, first winning election in 1922. Although he had lost a bid to win the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 1918, he had proved to be an effective vote-getter in 1922 when he had defeated former...