by Ralphine Major | May 22, 2016 | Columnist, Major, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ralphine Major “We could talk better in person for the interview,” she told me over the phone. When I arrived, she was prepared. Her note pad was filled with names, dates, and other information she wanted to share for a Focus story published in January 2012. At...
by Ray Hill | May 22, 2016 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill “I have got no horse no autmobel and no nothing to ride can you pleas if possible fix for me to get some help some way can you fix for me some way so my family will not purish.” So wrote a man from Newcomb, Tennessee to Congressman J. Will Taylor on August...
by design | May 16, 2016 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher Incoming Superintendent Asks for Lower Salary Putting his words from the May 4 Board meeting into action, Knox County Schools’ incoming interim superintendent Buzz Thomas asked that his salary be reduced from $195,000 to $180,000. Board Chairman...
by Joe Rector | May 16, 2016 | Columnist, Rector
by Joe Rector Mother’s Day has come and gone. I purposely didn’t write about it then because I needed time to think. Moms across the country celebrated with families either with visits or long distance phone calls, Facetime, or Skype. All of us agree that those women...
by design | May 16, 2016 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson What a difference a day makes. Arguably, I was the same person the day before my latest PET scan cleared me of recurrent cancer. But that’s logic speaking rather than the roller coaster of emotions associated with what I call the “beast.” I have...
by Ralphine Major | May 16, 2016 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major “In the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, a young boy enjoys the wonder of a hot, summer night catching fireflies. However, these are unique fireflies. It is the synchronous firefly. On the other side of the world, a young boy from Southeast...
