by Ralphine Major | Oct 16, 2017 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major I got as close to the stage as I could and snapped a photo with my instamatic camera. In those days, I do not think I had even heard of a camera with a telephoto lens or zoom feature. Satisfied that I had captured the image on film, I returned to...
by design | Oct 16, 2017 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson As I crossed the dark parking lot it happened again. This time I was not threatened, because the disheveled woman who approached me for alms was pitiable and obviously only harmful to herself. And in my heart and mind the conundrum replayed. Should...
by Mark Nagi | Oct 16, 2017 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman “What does this mean for recruiting, Lane?” That was the line that will forever be connected to Tennessee football recruiting, after a media member yelled that at a fleeing Lane Kiffin the night he resigned in 2010, putting the Vols further down the...
by Ray Hill | Oct 15, 2017 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Governor Tom C. Rye had run for the United States Senate in the 1918 Democratic primary against Senator John Knight Shields as a supporter of President Woodrow Wilson and lost. Rye’s defeat did not necessarily mean the people of Tennessee had turned against Wilson; in...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Oct 9, 2017 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedediah McKeehan Say that you are walking out to your car after a trip to the store and you see someone breaking in to your car, or maybe you’re walking down the street and someone runs by and snatches your purse. What can you do to recover or protect your...
by Joe Rector | Oct 9, 2017 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Nellie West passed away Sunday, October 1, 2017. No, most folks won’t know who she was, but her family certainly will. The following day, Tom Petty, rock legend, died after suffering full cardiac arrest. Probably, millions knew of him. Which death is...