by Mike Steely | Apr 2, 2018 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely After some 50 years of wandering around the Southeast I’ve visited many, many places that interested me or my wife. We’ve been in every Tennessee State Park except one, in many parks in the region’s states and many National Parks. Sometimes the...
by Ralphine Major | Apr 2, 2018 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major It is hard to believe winter is over! We were invited to speak at the Ossoli Circle Clubhouse; we introduced “Piddle Diddle, the Widdle Penguin, and the Texas Longhorns”—our latest book in the series—in an interview with Alan...
by Steve Williams | Apr 2, 2018 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams I’ve always heard time goes by faster when you’re busy or having a good time. Maybe that’s why Phillip Fulmer’s 100th day on the job as UT’s new Director of Athletics flew right past me. When I counted up the days a couple of weeks ago, I discovered...
by Mark Nagi | Apr 2, 2018 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman Back on March 22nd, Tennessee announced that they had settled with now former athletics director John Currie on a contract buyout. Currie, who had technically been suspended with pay since December 1st, would end up receiving $2.5 million for...
by Steve Hunley | Apr 2, 2018 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley There are a great many hard-working deputies in the Knox County Sheriff’s Department. Yet the recent controversy between the Knox County Pension Board and Knox County Law Director Richard “Bud” Armstrong illustrates an arrogant sense of entitlement and...
by Ray Hill | Apr 2, 2018 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Reed Smoot is a name long since forgotten by most, save for those few who remember the Smoot – Hawley tariff legislation. Yet, Reed Smoot was the first Mormon ever to be elected to the United States Senate, setting off a firestorm that consumed much of...
