by Steve Williams | Jun 15, 2015 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Just what we didn’t need. Another dark cloud over the University of Tennessee men’s basketball program. Allegations of serious academic wrongdoing in the Texas program when new Vols head coach Rick Barnes was employed there were reported last week....
by Ralphine Major | Jun 15, 2015 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major It is often said that mothers are the fabric that hold our homes together. That certainly seems the case in the Julian household. Not only is Hannah Renee a sister to her siblings, she became the mother figure to them also when they came to live in...
by design | Jun 15, 2015 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson “No man is an island, entire of itself; everyman is a piece of the continent, a part of the main… Any man’s death diminishes me…” John Donne penned these immortal words in 1624 as he reflected on his near death experience from what he and others...
by Ray Hill | Jun 14, 2015 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Someone once said. “Write what should not be forgotten” and ironically, I have forgotten who said it. Ewin Lamar Davis is little remembered today, but during his time he was an interesting figure and led a productive life. Born in Bedford County,...
by design | Jun 8, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher More on the Mysterious TCAP Math Last week we reported that the TCAP “Quick Scores” were back (in time to be calculated into students’ grades this year) and they were FANTASTIC! So fantastic that teachers across the state were concerned. We did...
by design | Jun 8, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher Apparently, two Board of Education meetings and a Joint Education Committee meeting (comprised of members of the BOE and County Commission) aren’t enough for one week. KCS also scheduled a community engagement meeting last week “to begin to gather...
