by Ralphine Major | Apr 13, 2015 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major It was a good while back that she handed me a big brown envelope. I did not realize at first, but it was full of gems from half a century ago—black and white photographs. I saw Judy and Les Spitzer recently at Georgia Wright’s 91st birthday...
by Mike Steely | Apr 13, 2015 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely With the upcoming remembrance of 150 years since the end of the American Civil War being held in Knoxville a little known fact is the importance of Cumberland Gap in that struggle. The historic pass played two important roles in the history of the...
by design | Apr 13, 2015 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I’ve been thinking about miracles lately. Mr. Webster gives three definitions of miracles. One is secular and the other two describe extraordinary events as the work of God or a “divinely natural phenomena experienced humanly as the...
by Ray Hill | Apr 12, 2015 | Archives, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Governor Albert B. “Happy” Chandler had badly lost his bid to defeat Senator Alben W. Barkley for the United States Senate in 1938. The death of Kentucky’s other senator, Marvel M. Logan, gave Chandler the opportunity to go to the Senate. Chandler resigned...
by Steve Hunley | Apr 12, 2015 | Archives, Columnist, Hunley
By Steve Hunley If you build it, they will come. Those words spoken about a baseball park carved out of an Iowa cornfield have recently taken on new relevance in the minds and hearts of two communities located in opposite ends of Knox County. People in Hardin Valley...
by design | Apr 6, 2015 | Archives, Columnist
By Sharon Frankenberg, Attorney at Law If you are going to rent residential property, there are many legal issues which may arise. Here are my suggestions of basic steps to take to reduce common problems faced by landlords. First, you will need a written rental...