by Steve Hunley | Nov 5, 2017 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley This Wednesday the Knox County Board of Education will vote whether or not to extend the life of the Leadership Academy, the brainchild and refuge of former Superintendent of Schools Jim McIntyre. McIntyre is paid $180,000 annually for teaching three...
by Ray Hill | Nov 5, 2017 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Senator Estes Kefauver died on August 10, 1963 when his aorta burst. Kefauver had died at Bethesda Naval Hospital and according to his biographer, Charles Fontenay, the senator had put off urgent surgery to await the arrival of his wife, who was...
by Mike Steely | Nov 1, 2017 | Columnist, Steely, The Daily Focus
By Mike Steely It’s only local government, right? Your vote won’t make a difference so why bother, right? Wrong. November 7’s city council election might be close in several of the five races. As a city resident you can vote for all five of the contests. District...
by design | Oct 30, 2017 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson How can we have common sense if we have nothing in common? The word community derives from the root word common and refers to a people who have commonly held interests. Does common sense or community still exist in our divided United States of...
by Ralphine Major | Oct 30, 2017 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major At times, it is hard to remember what the landscape was like before the much needed red lights. For years, it seemed nothing changed at the four-way stop at Harbison’s Crossroads. Our school bus ride always passed by the late Neva Cardwell’s home on...
by Joe Rector | Oct 30, 2017 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Amy and her cousins met on a recent Sunday in Cookeville. They shared a wonderful spread of fried catfish, hush puppies, and French fries, accompanied by sweet tea and banana pudding. After all pushed back from the tables and patted full bellies, they...
