by Jedidiah McKeehan | Oct 30, 2017 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jed McKeehan When you think about marriage ceremonies, there are a few images that usually come to mind. The bride walking down the aisle, saying vows in front of a minister, kissing the bride, having a reception, and maybe seeing a relative of the bridal party do...
by Steve Hunley | Oct 29, 2017 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley The Knox County Board of Education will today begin discussions about the future of the Leadership Academy, otherwise known as the Center for Educational Leadership. This is the soft berth where Jim McIntyre landed after quitting as superintendent of...
by Ray Hill | Oct 29, 2017 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Despite intense pressure from constituents and his own political party, Senator John Knight Shields of Tennessee remained determined to vote his convictions as the United States Senate considered the Treaty of Versailles. John Knight Shields had been the...
by Ralphine Major | Oct 23, 2017 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major “May I help you?” I asked. “Hello. I’m Jim Duncan, Mr. Duncan’s son,” he said while extending his hand. I was working that summer as an intern in the late Congressman John J. Duncan’s Knoxville office. After classes ended for this college freshman,...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Oct 23, 2017 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan So you would like to make a will, who do you need present to witness your will execution? Tennessee Code Annotated Section 32-1-104 states that you must have two disinterested witnesses to the will’s execution. What does “disinterested” mean?...
by Joe Rector | Oct 23, 2017 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector One of my classes read poems by Emily Dickinson. Some were light-hearted while others were much more serious. Students decided that Dickinson was obsessed with death; I didn’t disagree with them. However, her obsession caused these young folks to think...
