by Steve Williams | Jan 28, 2019 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams It was like old times for the Tennessee Lady Vols Thursday night as they led No. 1 ranked Notre Dame at halftime. But that lead didn’t last much longer and the UT women’s basketball program chalked up another dubious distinction – its first ever...
by Steve Hunley | Jan 27, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley The City of Knoxville, citing the need to update and complete a comprehensive zoning plan that hasn’t changed in fifty years, is embarking upon making some significant changes that will affect the futures of tens of thousands of Knoxvillians. Perhaps...
by design | Jan 21, 2019 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson There are many reasons I left traditional medicine. For more than four decades I cared for patients in my office and then, when necessary, followed them to the emergency room or the hospital. I have jokingly told patients I could take out their...
by Ralphine Major | Jan 21, 2019 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major They met in Michigan, though both couples were from Tennessee. Missionaries Howard and Joyce Nighbert Clark were on their first stateside assignment in 1986. The Clarks shared their need to have someone pastor their church when they took their next...
by Joe Rector | Jan 21, 2019 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector I’m sometimes awed by the differences that exist in this world compared to the one that existed just ten years ago. That’s how long ago it has been since I retired from teaching. I swore when I left that I would never return, another instance where I’ve...
by Mike Steely | Jan 21, 2019 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely Are you old enough to remember those gas stations that would not only come out and fill your car’s fuel tank but also wipe your windshield or check your tires? Things have changed but there are some of those “ghost” filling stations left. A day’s drive...
