by Ralphine Major | Jul 24, 2017 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major His answer was always the same: “Harbison’s Crossroads,” our father would answer when anyone asked where we lived. I thought it sounded quaint. Corryton, it seemed, would be a better answer. For years, there was a four-way stop in the rural...
by design | Jul 24, 2017 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I’m often asked to comment on or explain what another doctor told a friend or family member. However, I’m careful to comment, other than in general terms, because I have incomplete information. Doctors call superficial opinions “curbside...
by design | Jul 24, 2017 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore Every once in a while, the inevitable happens. Such was the case with me. Last week I wrote about books and mentioned the novel “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.” I was so disappointed with it. The plot was intriguing and the scenes were remarkable with...
by Steve Williams | Jul 24, 2017 | Columnist, Williams
The SEC Media Days are in the rearview mirror, but Alabama’s stature in the conference is so enormous, we can still see Big Al, the school’s mascot elephant, and hear “Roll Tide” from miles and miles away. Based on the votes of the media in its prediction of how the...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Jul 24, 2017 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan In Tennessee, people love their guns. You may be a gun lover yourself. You may have multiple guns and have your handgun carry permit. Not that long ago the laws were changed in Tennessee to allow gun owners more freedom to carry their guns at...
by design | Jul 24, 2017 | The Daily Focus
Chris Kelley is awaiting a new lease on life. He has type 1 diabetes and at the age of 39 began experiencing kidney problems. During a trip to his local ER for what he thought was kidney stones, he was given a dose of Toradol, an NSAID (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory...
by Ray Hill | Jul 23, 2017 | Archived Editions, Archives, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Remembering Jake Butcher By Ray Hill rayhill865@gmail.com For those wanting an opportunity to bask in the limelight, it would be well to remember the glare burns far more frequently than it shines. That thought was rekindled yet again in my mind with the passing of...
by Steve Hunley | Jul 23, 2017 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley The Knox County Board of Education recently extended the International Baccalaureate (IB) program. Ordinarily, the board would deserve commendation for such a thing; however, in this instance, they have created an unequal educational opportunity. By...
by design | Jul 23, 2017 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Pete Gawda Pleasant Ridge Elementary School has a unique window to the past thanks to artist Gale Hinton. She recently covered the walls of the school’s hallway with murals. The most striking and probably the most personal is dedicated to the Nickle family. While...
by Ray Hill | Jul 23, 2017 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill When the Tennessee General Assembly reduced the number of Tennessee’s congressional seats from ten to nine, Congressman J. Ridley Mitchell had been displaced. Mitchell’s home county of Cumberland had been placed in the heavily Republican Second District,...
