by Joe Rector | Jan 6, 2020 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Last week, I didn’t send in a column for the paper. Christmas was a hectic time for us, even more so than in years gone by. We planned to have new flooring laid in our house sometime around Thanksgiving, but a three-week delay in the product delivery...
by Ralphine Major | Jan 6, 2020 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major The day has come and gone. Finally! The long-awaited holiday prompting months of preparation is finally over. Gifts have been unwrapped. Decorated trees have been taken down. Nativity scenes with a baby in a manger have been packed away for another...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Jan 6, 2020 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan When someone files for divorce, it is not a guarantee that their case will end in them getting divorced. There is at least some chance that the parties will end up working out their differences and staying married to each other. If I am...
by Steve Hunley | Jan 5, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley The old adage “You can’t please everybody” is probably more apt than ever. In a perfect world, Mike McMillan would be running for reelection to the Knox County Board of Education without opposition. Instead, he has a couple of opponents in the...
by Ray Hill | Jan 5, 2020 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Tennessee’s senior United States senator, John Knight Shields, had surprised tens of thousands of his constituents and infuriated many members of his own Democratic Party when he had voted to add reservations to the Treaty of Versailles in the Senate. The...
by Mark Nagi | Dec 30, 2019 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman A new year is nearly upon us, but we are all so busy we barely have time to think about tomorrow much less than the next twelve months. But don’t fret. I’m here to give you a sneak peak into the local sports scene in 2020. (Note: Some of these...
