by Ray Hill | Feb 4, 2018 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill The White House, following a century and a half of wars, repairs and the addition of a new third floor caused serious problems for the area reserved for the First Family. Virtually nobody thought Harry Truman would be occupying the White House in 1949 and...
by Steve Williams | Feb 4, 2018 | Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:, Williams
By Steve Williams South-Doyle’s girls wrapped up the Knox County middle school regular season basketball championship last week and they could give the school’s boys’ team an assist for that accomplishment. Eric Brabson, who coaches both the girls’ and boys’ teams,...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Jan 29, 2018 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jed McKeehan An affidavit is a legal term that you may have heard of, but what is it exactly and what purpose does it serve? An affidavit is a written statement that is typically signed in front of a notary that is filed with the court to show proof of something. ...
by Ralphine Major | Jan 29, 2018 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major In 1972, I am not sure I had even heard of a meteorologist, though we did have weather forecasters on the evening news. For snow predictions, Gibbs High School students could count on someone else. We had Mr. Drafts! Joe Drafts was the World...
by Joe Rector | Jan 29, 2018 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist, appeared on “Late Night with Stephen Colbert recently. Tyson is a favorite of many folks. In fact, the man has 2.4 million followers on social media. Although I am many times fascinated with the information he...
by design | Jan 29, 2018 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Lately, I’ve become somewhat of a bird watcher. Perhaps this is because I’ve discovered it to be a contemplative exercise. I’ve always been an observer of nature, probably for the same reason I’m an internist. Details are important in internal...