by Steve Hunley | May 13, 2018 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Mayor Tim Burchett has always liked the imagery of being the white knight arriving just in the nick of time to save the damsel in distress. It seems to be a scenario Burchett simply cannot resist. The latest episode of the intrepid Burchett’s...
by Ray Hill | May 13, 2018 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Governor Albert H. Roberts, first elected in 1918, was having a difficult time winning reelection in 1920. Tennessee had traditionally given governors a second two-year term, save for the most controversial or incompetent. Roberts had been an able enough...
by design | May 7, 2018 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Medical verbiage can be confusing. I’m told there are 500,000 words in the English language, and then if you add medical, legal and technical language to the base number there may be upwards of a million words in the English lexicon. The purpose of...
by Mike Steely | May 7, 2018 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely Just a few miles east of Cumberland Gap and only about an hour or so from Knoxville is an event you may want to attend this weekend, especially if you’re interested in early regional history. On Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Martin’s Station will feature...
by Ralphine Major | May 7, 2018 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.” Mark 10:14 (NIV) Mothers. They are the very fabric that holds our families together. As the national holiday approaches to honor our...
by Joe Rector | May 7, 2018 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Barbara Bush passed away recently at the age of 92. She had a full, wonderful life that included a few years as First Lady of the U.S. She also had a son who later became president. A second son was governor of Florida. Her husband was with her when she...
