by Steve Hunley | Nov 29, 2015 | Columnist, Hunley
By Steve Hunley The question of whether or not America should take in 10,000 Syrian refugees has caught fire with, at last count, 31 governors telling Washington their states don’t want to accept any further refugees. Considering the recent deliberate slaughter of...
by design | Nov 29, 2015 | Archives
By David Klein From November 16-November 23, Knoxville area residents dropped off thousands of shoe boxes at three collection centers for Operation Christmas Child, an organization headed by Samaritan’s Purse. The program donates school supplies, hygiene items such as...
by Ray Hill | Nov 29, 2015 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill There is likely no other career that affords fewer opportunities for revival than politics. Even more rare in a political career is redemption. Claude Pepper’s political career spanned a remarkable sixty years, from 1928 until his death in 1989. By the...
by Ralphine Major | Nov 29, 2015 | Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com I looked at the list of names and realized I had met many of them through the years as our paths crossed. 1961 was the year my class began first grade, and I had no idea who the graduating seniors were. On a gorgeous July...
by design | Nov 29, 2015 | Archives
By Ken Lay Bearden High School’s girls basketball team proved that it could evenly distribute the ball Tuesday night. The Lady Bulldogs also showed that they liked to play a little defense. Defensive tenacity and a balanced scoring attack spelled victory for Bearden...
by design | Nov 23, 2015 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson My wife, Becky, relates a story of a long departed relative who grew up in the Great Depression. This lady understood privation, and as a result saved everything for the proverbial “rainy day.” As the family sorted through her life’s history and...
by design | Nov 23, 2015 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore I came in contact with a stack of Reader’s Digest magazines and I’m in seventh heaven. The smallest book with the most information of any magazine around, it contains Jokes, Food, Money, Home, Heroes, Dreams, and Health articles that keeps one turning...
by design | Nov 23, 2015 | Public Notice
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE Sale at public auction will be on December 21, 2015 on or about 11:00AM local time, at the North door, Knox County Courthouse, Knoxville, Tennessee, conducted by the Substitute Trustee as identified and set forth herein...
by Ralphine Major | Nov 23, 2015 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com “O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever. 1 Chronicles 16:34 (KJV) Dressed in my cowgirl outfit, I was Annie Oakley—hat and all! Growing up on our dairy farm, life was simple and time...
by Joe Rector | Nov 23, 2015 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Yes, I know that Thanksgiving is still three more days away, but I wanted to get a jump on it and make my list of all the things for which I am thankful and for the blessings poured out to me. I’m thankful for the job I have. The previous one that I had...
