by Jedidiah McKeehan | Feb 24, 2014 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Sharon Frankenberg, Attorney at Law The issue of grandparents’ visitation rights has been addressed by the United States Supreme Court in the case of Troxel v. Granville, 530 U.S. 57 (2000). In that case, an unmarried couple had two daughters. The couple’s...
by Ray Hill | Feb 23, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Aside from the dislike he endured from his senior colleague, K. D. McKellar, Estes Kefauver’s first few years in the United States Senate were reasonably pleasant. Kefauver, like McKellar, tended to constituent service and attending committee...
by Mike Steely | Feb 17, 2014 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely We’ve had a weird winter and it seems it is ice and snow every other week with very little sun and warmth in between. It’s a good time to take a day away from the house and get downtown to visit some of the city’s bygone days. There are lots of things...
by Ralphine Major | Feb 17, 2014 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major He scored over 2,000 points in both his high school and college careers. He became a college All-American and was later named to Carson-Newman’s Team of the Century. He played softball for 22 years and was named to the Knoxville Softball Hall of...
by design | Feb 17, 2014 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson When I started my sabbatical a friend advised me to be careful and not provoke my wife. I assured her that a married man north of sixty knows the rules. Becky and I have a successful marriage and the key aspect is equality strengthened by the...
by Steve Williams | Feb 17, 2014 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams The old saying in sports about “offense sells tickets and defense wins championships” comes to mind when considering what Carter High School’s boys basketball team has done on the court this season. The Hornets, under new coach Joby Boydstone, didn’t...