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During the opening monologue of his show, Arsenio Hall included a running gag titled, “Things that make you say hmmm.” To my fellow blacks, he…
Every now and then it becomes necessary to remind the public that the function of government is to provide those services the citizens cannot …
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Dear Rogersville Police Chief Doug Nelson and Hawkins Co. Sheriff Ronnie Lawson,
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Back in the early 60s or thereabouts, country music star and Western movie icon Tex Ritter had a hit single entitled “Hillbilly Heaven”, in wh…
Response to the article in the Rogersville Review titled: “Social media misinformation over ‘prayer and dialogue’ gathering leads to counter p…
How could a small, peaceful town suddenly turn into an angry mob of people? Had another pandemic (a disease of hate) struck? As we have just r…
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As we approach the (4th of July) holiday weekend, a time of thankfulness of freedoms for all citizens of this country, I am concerned that fre…
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If you listen to the media in America or went by the actions, or I should say “inaction” of weak, gutless municipal and state politicians, you…
I’m Bill Kenner. I was born and raised in Rogersville, TN. I am now a physician on the clinical faculty at Vanderbilt in Nashville. Some peopl…
At last count, there are over a dozen primary candidates running for the First Congressional District seat being vacated by Dr. Phil Roe.
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I read an article detailing the Hawkins County Board of Education (BOE) decision regarding repair of the Volunteer High School (VHS) football …
