by Mark Nagi | May 7, 2018 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman Tennessee’s football program is no stranger to the NFL Draft. Following the 2018 player selection, 357 Vols have been picked by the pros. This year, three former were taken, bringing the total up to nine over the past two years. In the third...
by Steve Hunley | May 6, 2018 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley “Collectively, we raise our voice and call for our public officials to hear their constituents,” Reverend Meredith Loftis cried at the Central United Methodist Church. The estimated 2,000 people gathered were some of Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero’s...
by Ray Hill | May 6, 2018 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Republicans were nowhere near a majority in the state of Tennessee in 1920, although they were briefly a force to be reckoned with when the Democrats were torn asunder by strife. Ben W. Hooper had twice been elected governor in 1910 and 1912 following a...
by Joe Rector | Apr 30, 2018 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector I’ve been teaching Robert Frost to one of my classes of late. He is my favorite poet because his word pictures conjure up images that are familiar to readers and that help them to understand his work. A search through my vocabulary has recalled some of...
by Ralphine Major | Apr 30, 2018 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major In the eighties, it was our church home. I filled in a few weeks for the church organist who had broken her arm and decided to stay when she returned. Sometimes, I think of all the treasured friendships our family would have missed had we not...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Apr 30, 2018 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan Unfortunately, a phrase that we hear all too often in this day and age is that a married couple is, “separated.” And you may have thought to yourself, “did they go to the courthouse and get some designation, or is this just what it is informally...
