by design | Jun 19, 2017 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Christmas has come to the Ferguson home in June. We’ve begun to move into our new house, but we’re still living out of boxes, and each one we open is like a surprise on Christmas morning. I’m still looking for the box that contains my underwear....
by Mike Steely | Jun 19, 2017 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely What may be the oldest settlement in our region is only an hour or so away. The village of Tellico Plains is, indeed, a gateway to the lower Smoky Mountains. The little town is just south of Madisonville and is an historic site that is the entry to the...
by Joe Rector | Jun 19, 2017 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Randy Boyd is running for governor in Tennessee. Over the past few weeks, Randy has traveled from one end of the state to the other. He seems to be intent on making contact with as many folks as possible so that they remember his name for election day. I...
by Ralphine Major | Jun 19, 2017 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major He walked along the railroad tracks from Chattanooga to Knoxville to find work, stopping at homes along the way to eat and rest. It was around the 1920s. As a young man, he had worked in the mines. The long walk up the tracks led him to a night...
by design | Jun 19, 2017 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore When I was young we moved many times because the rent was always going up. We lived in towns with picturesque names like Paradise, New Holland and Lititiz. But we also lived in towns that had names that sounded questionable–to say the least, such...
by Mark Nagi | Jun 19, 2017 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman There is no pain like the pain of a sports fan seeing their team fall just short of a championship. It makes no sense of course… why should we care so much about people we likely will never meet putting a basketball into an iron hoop or carrying a...
