Pat Summitt gets a star

Betty BeanOur Town Stories

Bruce Pearl listened quietly as Pat Summitt was heaped with praise during the invocation at the Big Orange Tip Off Club luncheon last week.
What? It was just 10 years ago, …

Gwen McKenzie: Keep on pushing

Betty BeanKnox Scene

The teenaged Gwen Wilson never perceived herself as a leader, or even as a political candidate. A shy, quiet Holston High School student who rarely opened her mouth, she would …

Eulogy for an elegy, but questions remain

Betty BeanKnox Scene

Why do Republicans love Donald Trump? I’ve tried to figure this out since he came down that golden escalator, but the fact that he carried 61.87% of Tennessee’s 2020 vote …