Sometimes you never know when you’re better off: By Commissioner Pettus Read
I’ll never forget that warm September morning in 2010 as I headed off to work when my cell phone rang with a call from my county mayor. As I answered […]
History
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Adventure
Automotive/Classic cars
History
Mississippi River Miracle: Three Men, a $15 ’39 Chevy, and 1,000 Miles of Adventure
Down the Mighty Mississippi: A 1939 Chevy Adventure on Barrels and Dreams In the summer of 1955, when America was riding high on post-war optimism and the spirit of adventure […]
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Schools/Education
25 Fascinating Facts About India
25 Fascinating Facts About India 1. Linguistic Diversity India contains over 1,600 spoken languages, making it one of the most linguistically diverse regions on Earth. • 22 officially recognized languages […]
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Tennessee Highways and Byways
Fascinating Facts About Smyrna’s Sewart Air Force Base
Fascinating Facts About Sewart Air Force Base Editor’s Note: Last week I had the opportunity to visit the […]
1st Amendment/Free Expression
History
’Rare Finds’ by Dr. Larry Burriss
Rare Finds By Dr. Larry Burriss 05/19/2025 I don’t know about you, but I’m going to take some time for a closer look at all of those museum reproductions I […]
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Economy
History
Smyrna Could Be New Home for TN National Guard’s 118th Wing
Editor’s Note: I had an awesome opportunity to hang out with the crews of the KC-135 and the C-17 Globemaster III at the Smyrna Airport yesterday. The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker […]
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From Old Jefferson Community Resident to Real Estate Mogul: The Remarkable Journey of Charles Robert Jones
Charles Robert Jones was born in a tenant house on his grandfather’s farm in Gainesboro, TN on June 21, 1930. When Roosevelt was elected President in 1932, and in March […]
History
Leaving a Legacy
Life Style
Missing Wisconsin mother found ‘alive and well’ after six decades ‘living her life’ happily with new husband and name: ‘Did what she had to do’
*This story originally published in The Guardian by Maya Yang May4, 2025. Audrey Backeberg who disappeared at age 20 in 1962 was found living out of the state, county sheriff’s […]
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Life Style
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Remembering George Smith, a ‘Rockstar’ who led by example
By Mike Sparks *Previously published in The Daily News Journal, March 28, 2018 It’s been said that “those that do not know their history are doomed to repeat it.” Dr. […]
Education
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Schools/Education
Three Presidents – Forty Years of Change In Tennessee
Three Presidents – Forty Years of Change As the leaves begin to turn and temperatures drop, visitors can plan an autumn outing that takes them back to the early and mid-19th […]