by Ralphine Major | Aug 20, 2018 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major “Yes,” Don Hughes answered, confirming that he was the one who stopped to help Barbara and Mike Cruze on the interstate. Larry Stinnett was with him. As the two men ran to the pickup truck to begin praying over Mike, their wives (Ginny Stinnett and...
by Joe Rector | Aug 20, 2018 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Some kind of critters managed to sneak their ways into a box of cereal at the house. At first, I thought, “Mice,” but on further inspection, I decided that some kind of little bugs had gotten into the stuff. Off I went in search of plastic containers to...
by Mike Steely | Aug 20, 2018 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely When I was a child the courthouse square in my small town was a hub of activity with trials during the week and also on weekends. Whittlers sat around the square on benches, trimming wood back to nothing or making axe handles and shavings...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Aug 20, 2018 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan The world of youth sports is a crazy place. Parents take their children’s tee-ball games way too seriously and the internet seems to explode once a week with brawls between parents at sporting events. There was one such video recently...
by Steve Williams | Aug 20, 2018 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Mick Gillispie, Tennessee Smokies baseball broadcaster since 2007, is on deck for a major league gig. After all, he was selected the Ballpark Digest’s Minor League Broadcaster of the Year for 2017. That’s No. 1 among hundreds of others who do what he...
by Steve Hunley | Aug 19, 2018 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley If anyone doubts for a moment President Donald Trump’s campaign to call out the mainstream media for misrepresentation, telling half the story or pushing outright lies is having an effect, last week should have caused those doubts to evaporate. Last...
