Fueling passion in life is a father’s job by Chuck Tuttle I’ve been working with children in theatre for thirty years and I thought that I understood kids until I had my own.  I don’t know if I understand kids any better now, but I understand parents better.  Sometimes I get calls from parents of [...]

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The Fracas over Franklin by Jennifer Crutchfield Land grabs, duels, treason and secession marked the birth and death of the “State of Franklin”.  A handful of fortified outposts between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River seceded to form their own state in 1794 but the drama began decades earlier.  The fertile Watauga region had [...]