by design | Apr 10, 2023 | Columnist, Major
Siblings at Easter By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com When the picture shown here was made, I had not heard of a sibling’s day. The special day to honor brothers and sisters started several years ago and now appears on many calendars along with Mother’s Day and...
by design | Apr 10, 2023 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘There Ain’t a Cow in Texas’ By Tom Mattingly After the 2001 Florida game, a 34-32 Vol victory, a noted sportswriter volunteered this comment about Tennessee tailback Travis Stephens’ performance. “If he’s not the best running back in the country,” he opined and later...
by design | Apr 10, 2023 | Columnist, Nagi
A look at the Tennessee secondary By Mark Nagi Tennessee had the top offensive football team in the nation last season, leading the country in total offense with 525.5 yards per game, and in scoring with 46.1 points per game. They also set eight new Tennessee single...
by design | Apr 10, 2023 | Columnist, Steely
Thinking of President Jimmy Carter More than a Day Away by Mike Steely I learned recently that former President Jimmy Carter had returned home to live out his final days in home hospice in his hometown of Plains, Georgia. Over the years, my wife and I had many...
by design | Apr 9, 2023 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley The big news across Tennessee was the convergence of 500 people who rushed into the Capitol building shouting, “No action, no peace!” following the shootings by Audrey/Aiden Hale of three children and three adults. The “protest” was organized by...
by design | Apr 9, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill During the eighty-one years that comprised the life of Dewey Jackson Short, folks knew he was here. Short was a true son of the hill country of the Ozarks and a gifted speaker who could hold his audiences spellbound, sometimes referred to as the “Hillbilly...