by Mike Steely | Aug 20, 2018 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely When I was a child the courthouse square in my small town was a hub of activity with trials during the week and also on weekends. Whittlers sat around the square on benches, trimming wood back to nothing or making axe handles and shavings...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Aug 20, 2018 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan The world of youth sports is a crazy place. Parents take their children’s tee-ball games way too seriously and the internet seems to explode once a week with brawls between parents at sporting events. There was one such video recently...
by Steve Williams | Aug 20, 2018 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Mick Gillispie, Tennessee Smokies baseball broadcaster since 2007, is on deck for a major league gig. After all, he was selected the Ballpark Digest’s Minor League Broadcaster of the Year for 2017. That’s No. 1 among hundreds of others who do what he...
by Steve Hunley | Aug 19, 2018 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley If anyone doubts for a moment President Donald Trump’s campaign to call out the mainstream media for misrepresentation, telling half the story or pushing outright lies is having an effect, last week should have caused those doubts to evaporate. Last...
by Ray Hill | Aug 19, 2018 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Former three-term Prentice Cooper, consigned to the political sidelines following his defeat for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate by Albert Gore in 1958, lived in the beautiful red brick mansion built by his father in 1904. Cooper...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Aug 13, 2018 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan There has been a great deal of controversy in the last few years about individuals, particularly celebrities, choosing to forego immunization for their children, claiming that they actually do a detriment to their children. There are actually a...
