by design | Oct 31, 2016 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I feel like a soldier awaiting the signal to charge enemy lines. I never vote until election day because I don’t trust early voting where ballots might get lost or not even counted unless they’re necessary to decide a close vote. Perhaps I’m being...
by Mark Nagi | Oct 31, 2016 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman So a few months back some of my old college friends and I scheduled a get together in the great state of Tennessee. The plan was to spend a couple of nights in Nashville and see an NFL game. We settled on the middle of October and the huge...
by Ray Hill | Oct 30, 2016 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Howard Baker had accomplished what most observers had believed to be the impossible by defeating Governor Frank Clement for the United States Senate in the November election in 1966. Baker became the first Republican ever to be popularly elected to the U....
by Ralphine Major | Oct 30, 2016 | Columnist, Major, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ralphine Major He grew up on Emory Road just west of Fairview Baptist Church, graduated from Gibbs High School’s Class of 1944, and served in WWII. Lynn Tillett of Corryton, Tennessee, passed away October 19, 2016, at the age of 90. I did not personally know Mr....
by Ralphine Major | Oct 24, 2016 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major I paused for a moment when I saw it. The simple beauty of a church steeple wrapped in an early morning fog slowed my work on a long list of things to do. I marveled at its powerful and majestic impact as it towered toward the sky. Even more...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Oct 24, 2016 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan Two common legal terms that are often confused are probation and parole. While these terms are used frequently, there are some similarities and some differences. Probation generally happens before going to jail. Probation is what a defendant will...
