The election is next Tuesday, Nov. 6, and most polls are calling Tennessee’s U.S. Senate race between Marsha Blackburn and Phil Bredesen a toss-up. President Trump must believe that because …
Readership grows with obit links
I found a new funeral home today. After 10 months of trolling the websites of mortuaries in a 12-county area, I found a new one. Manes Funeral Home in Newport …
Waiting by the phone to hear from OCR
What’s the status of the complaint filed three years ago with the Office for Civil Rights? You remember – the complaint said construction of two middle schools on the far …
‘Alias Brett:’ UT play hits timely topics
Wow. What a show.
The woman looks straight ahead and talks to each individual in the room. She’s stoic at times, emotional at others. She’s either a huge victim or the …
The crony of my crony is my pal
Fans of Glenn Jacobs say his lack of history in Knox County government is a good thing. He lacks the ties and obligations of those who have been around for …
We like Jim, but good grief
Jim Snowden P.E. is the new senior director of Engineering and Public Works for Knox County. He announced the appointment in a letter to staff and colleagues. Snowden has worked …
Here comes Marshall
So I’m not the most attentive play-goer in town. Sitting through the pageantry and sturm und drang of “Candide,” I’m taken by the leading actor’s resemblance to Marshall Stair – …
Haslam’s tin ear
After leaders of the state’s three largest school districts expressed no confidence in all or part of the TN Ready state testing program, Gov. Bill Haslam called a press conference …