by Jedidiah McKeehan | Jun 23, 2014 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Sharon Frankenberg, Attorney at Law Before you purchase land, it is a good idea to have a land survey done. A survey describes what it is you are buying. It will give you the metes and bounds description or reference to a parcel on a recorded map. A survey shows...
by Ralphine Major | Jun 23, 2014 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major It is an annual tradition for the Fourth of July, and it is a much anticipated event. The Color Guard presents the American flag for the Pledge of Allegiance. It is a somber moment that embraces a wide range of emotions. While it makes us proud to...
by Joe Rector | Jun 23, 2014 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector During my travels up and down the Interstate highways in Knoxville and surrounding areas, I’ve noticed the electronic signs that the state has erected. Just the other day, the message read, “Don’t text and drive; it’s against the law!” I’m sure doing so...
by Mark Nagi | Jun 23, 2014 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman You are Janzen Jackson… you have been charged with murder. There was a time when you were one of the nation’s top football recruits for the Class of 2009, out of Barbe High School in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Rivals.com says you run a 4.43 40. You are a...
by Steve Williams | Jun 23, 2014 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams For years we’ve heard many American sports fans say soccer isn’t exciting enough. “Not enough scoring,” they say when the World Cup rolls around every four years. For the fun of it, let’s put the shoe on the other foot, so to speak. Would soccer be...
by Ray Hill | Jun 22, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Henry Horton had won reelection as governor in 1930, but within days the landscape of Tennessee politics was forever altered. Both Horton and his closest political adviser , Luke Lea, were made politically impotent when Caldwell and Company, one of the...