by Steve Hunley | Jun 3, 2018 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley “The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who read them, in as much as he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.” – Thomas Jefferson Using that quote may not be...
by Ray Hill | Jun 3, 2018 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill The transformation of turning Tennessee from a solidly Democratic state to a two-party state belongs to the candidacies of three men: Howard Baker, Bill Brock and Winfield Dunn. Perhaps Bill Brock is less well remembered than either Howard Baker or...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | May 29, 2018 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jed McKeehan We have all heard that we can act in self-defense when someone is trying to hurt us but what does Tennessee law actually says we are allowed to do that? There are actually three very short statutes that spell out what you can do when acting in...
by design | May 29, 2018 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore Roan State Park is in a beautiful, lush mountain area in Carter County, near the little town of Elizabethton, Tennessee. The hills are symmetrically dotted by spruce-fir trees that bedazzle one’s eyes and later become Christmas trees. Also, there are...
by Ralphine Major | May 29, 2018 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major I saw her at the end of the line looking grown up in cap and gown. High school graduates were honored at our church on Mother’s Day. My mind raced back to a time when I first met the graduating senior as a two-year-old one Sunday. With this child...
by Joe Rector | May 29, 2018 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector All over the country, folks are assembling at churches, school gyms, and larger facilities to hold graduation ceremonies. Whether the event is for a high school or college, moms, dads, husbands, wives, and children are celebrating the educational...
