by Ralphine Major | Aug 29, 2016 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major As we each worked to make the most of our “wait” time, the gentleman sitting beside me commented on our different backgrounds. He was a psychologist, the lady across from us was a teacher, and I was a writer. The psychologist went on to tell about...
by Steve Hunley | Aug 28, 2016 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley The embarrassment in Tennessee over the failed TN Ready test has barely faded when auditors from the State Comptroller’s office have released a scathing report about mismanagement inside the Achievement School District. As described by reporter...
by Ray Hill | Aug 28, 2016 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill As Tennessee entered the summer months of 1948, Governor Jim Nance McCord and Gordon Browning battled for the Democratic nomination to be chief executive of the state. Any campaign waged by Gordon Browning quickly became hard fought and the genteel McCord...
by Steve Williams | Aug 28, 2016 | Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:, Williams
By Steve Williams Butch Jones has put Tennessee football back on the map. But can he keep it there? That will be answered on the field in the 2016 season, which opens Thursday night with a visit from Appalachian State. The Vols’ rise into the preseason Top 10 has more...
by design | Aug 22, 2016 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher ACT Retake Offered The Tennessee Department of Education is offering a statewide ACT Senior Retake Opportunity that provides every eligible high school senior, meaning any public school student who took the ACT as a junior, the ability to...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Aug 22, 2016 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan With the 10th highest divorce rate in the United States (13 percent), chances are you or someone you know will go through the process of obtaining a divorce. And despite what you’ve seen on television or in the movies (“War of the Roses” comes to...
