by Steve Hunley | Mar 7, 2021 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Knoxville’s Shame I have a lot of respect and admiration for Bob Booker who is a former state representative, city councilman, the former executive director of the Beck Cultural Center and an able historian. Robert Booker also writes a column...
by Ray Hill | Mar 7, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Joseph W. Martin Jr. is probably a name unfamiliar to most folks today as he has slipped into the pages of political history, yet for decades he was a national figure of great significance, especially inside the Republican Party. Joe Martin served in...
by Jim Ferguson | Mar 1, 2021 | Columnist, Ferguson
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” Robert Frost By Dr. Jim Ferguson I scored last week, but not in the vernacular sense and certainly not as defined in the urban dictionary. After trying...
by Mark Nagi | Mar 1, 2021 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi The Tennessee offense was tough to watch in 2020. It’s new head coach Josh Heupel’s job to fix it. It took a while, but Heupel’s offensive coaching staff is now complete. Alex Golesh is UT’s offensive coordinator and tight ends coach, Kodi Burns is...
by Joe Rector | Mar 1, 2021 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Local writers have been on my mind. That’s because the Knoxville community recently lost one of its best, David Hunter. He’s just one of the writers who has either passed or whose parts in daily news have diminished over the years. David Hunter and I met...
by Ralphine Major | Mar 1, 2021 | Columnist, Major
(Part 7 in series on Dwight Kessel) By Ralphine Major Dwight Kessel’s father-in-law, Dr. Edgar L. Grubb, bought Chapman Drug Company from the estate of Col. David Chapman in 1946. (Col. Chapman was in the forefront of establishing the Great Smoky Mountain National...
