by design | Sep 8, 2026 | Columnist, Pratt
Remembering September 11, 2001 — Twenty-Five Years Later By Justin Pratt, Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor Some mornings refuse to become ordinary history. September 11, 2001, began beneath a beautiful blue sky. The kind of September morning that gave no...
by design | Sep 8, 2026 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly When Tennessee came on the field for the 2024 game at Oklahoma wearing white jerseys and white pants, a UT spokesperson told ABC the combination “is considered UT’s traditional road garb.” Sometimes, in the wrong hands, the concept of “tradition”...
by design | Sep 8, 2026 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson The power of hate never ceases to amaze and disturb me. Hatred is the face of evil. We have all seen the irrational rants, marches, wanton destruction, threats, violence and assassination attempts of the lunatics with TDS, co-opted by evil’s...
by design | Sep 7, 2026 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Knox County Commission Elects Chair And Vice Chair Last week the Knox County Commission met and elected Terry Hill as chair and Adam Thompson as vice chairman. Six commissioners supported Hill while five others backed Angela Russell. As pointed out...
by design | Sep 7, 2026 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Both political parties had selected their respective nominees for the United States Senate in New York. Republicans had once again nominated Senator Kenneth B. Keating, who had served for twelve years in the House of Representatives before winning a...
by design | Aug 31, 2026 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson We lost a great lady last week. Dolly Parton belonged to the world, but we East Tennesseans considered her our own. Her Smoky Mountains were mine as well. And like her mountains, her music and life are for the ages. I had begun a different essay,...
