by design | Sep 29, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
The ‘people’ and ‘events’ of Tennessee football By Tom Mattingly There are memories of a number of great moments scattered across the expanse of Shields-Watkins Field. I’ve seen most all of them from my vantage point in Section OO, 53 years and...
by design | Sep 28, 2025 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Kincannon Losing Support For Proposed Sales Tax Increase The defection of City Councilman Andrew Roberto in abandoning Mayor Indya Kincannon’s bid to jack up the sales tax inside Knoxville is an indication he has finally figured...
by design | Sep 28, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
‘Big Ed’ Johnson of Colorado By Ray Hill For the better part of two decades, Edwin Carl Johnson dominated the politics of Colorado. A hulking man over six feet tall with a thick, shaggy head of hair, Johnson was fondly known as “Big Ed” to his many friends in the...
by design | Sep 22, 2025 | Columnist, Ferguson
“You have no idea what you have unleashed.” (Erika Kirk after her husband’s murder) By Dr. Jim Ferguson It is a challenge for a weekly column to be contemporaneous with current events. However, it is probably best that my immediate reaction to the monster who murdered...
by design | Sep 22, 2025 | Columnist, Pratt
Live a Life. Leave a Legacy. By Justin Pratt, Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor I, like many others, have been profoundly affected and deeply shaken by the tragic loss of Charlie Kirk. He was a man who used his platform to express his beliefs and his...
by design | Sep 22, 2025 | Columnist, Steely
Viewing nature from your car window A Day Away By Mike Steely We are so blessed to have many examples of nature in our region, from river and valley views to mountain ridges and overlooks. But not everyone likes or is able to hike along our many trails or visit those...
