by Steve Williams | Aug 27, 2018 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams I can’t remember a UT football season I’ve wanted to get here quicker than this one. There are a couple of good reasons why, too. The Vols under Butch Jones hit rock bottom in 2017, losing eight games overall and going winless in SEC play for the...
by Steve Hunley | Aug 26, 2018 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Governor Bill Haslam’s decision to go on a “listening tour” to hear the thoughts of professional educators seems a bit too little, too late. In less than five months’ time, Tennessee will have a new governor and almost surely a new Commissioner of...
by Ray Hill | Aug 26, 2018 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Following Congressman J. Will Taylor’s death from an unexpected heart attack on November 14, 1939 there was an outpouring of grief on the part of the people of Tennessee’s Second Congressional district. Taylor had long been a power in Tennessee and during...
by design | Aug 20, 2018 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson All doctors, and I think most professionals, are required to participate in continuing education to stay up to date and to maintain their licenses. Last week, I attended an educational course on the opioid crisis as part of my continuing medical...
by Ralphine Major | Aug 20, 2018 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major “Yes,” Don Hughes answered, confirming that he was the one who stopped to help Barbara and Mike Cruze on the interstate. Larry Stinnett was with him. As the two men ran to the pickup truck to begin praying over Mike, their wives (Ginny Stinnett and...
by Joe Rector | Aug 20, 2018 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Some kind of critters managed to sneak their ways into a box of cereal at the house. At first, I thought, “Mice,” but on further inspection, I decided that some kind of little bugs had gotten into the stuff. Off I went in search of plastic containers to...
