by design | May 11, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher After last week’s board meetings, it is clear that not only was KCS Superintendent Jim McIntyre’s unilateral application for and acceptance of multiple grant awards against the BOE Policy DM (Grants Management), but that the policy itself is not in...
by Ray Hill | May 10, 2015 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Colorful characters are as much a part of the old West as tumbleweeds. Key Pittman was certainly a colorful character. Pittman caused a stir by using his silver handled revolver to shoot out streetlights while on a drinking spree. In fact, Key Pittman’s...
by design | May 4, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher Pond Gap is a University-Assisted Community School (UACS), operating in close association with the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences at UTK. It was the first Community School in Knox County. UT hopes to add another UACS program at Inskip...
by design | May 4, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher A Retroactive Vote won’t make it right. After learning that Dr. McIntyre had quietly approved the KCS hiring of Broad Center Resident Christy Hendler under a matching grant agreement, BOE members Patti Bounds and Amber Rountree separately asked the Law...
by design | May 4, 2015 | Archives, Columnist
By Sharon Frankenberg, Attorney at Law State law creates a hospital lien in favor of every person, firm, association, institution or governmental unit operating and maintaining a hospital in the state of Tennessee. Hospital liens are described in Title 29, Chapter 22...
by Mark Nagi | May 4, 2015 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman Five weeks and 15 practices are over, and now the long wait for the 2015 season begins for Tennessee. On Saturday, April 25th, the Vols played their annual Orange & White Game in front an announced crowd (sarcastic cough) of 63,016. So what did we...
