October 18, 2026
Staff Report
AEDC at 75: AEDC testing helps put man on the moon
While much of what was then known as Arnold Engineering Development Center’s space-related work in the 1950s focused on sending Americans beyond Earth’s orbit, such efforts throughout the 1960s aimed to take them even farther.
Why is my child sick again?
Monday morning after a weekend of birthday parties, pumpkin patches, soccer games, errands, and church. You haven’t had a chance to catch your breath, and the week is already starting. Then your child shuffles down the hall and says the dreaded words: “I don’t feel good.” Not again. That’s the third time since school started six weeks ago. As a mom of three, I’ve been there. Suddenly you’re calling the school, calling the doctor’s office, and digging through the cabinet for cough medicine. If it feels like your child is sick more than they’re well this fall, you’re not alone.
A Gentleman’s Guide to Asian Massage Parlors
In my pastoral hometown of Columbia, Tennessee exists the newly gerrymandered Tennessee 5th Congressional District. Its race between Democratic Columbia Mayor Chaz Molder and Republican former Agriculture Commissioner Charlie Hatcher has drawn unwanted attention following a police investigation of an Asian massage parlor. The parlor’s name was the “Red Fruit Spa,” named after what afflicted men two days after a visit.
South Jackson brings Oktoberfest to Tullahoma
what has become a Tullahoma tradition for nearly a decade, South Jackson Performing Arts Center will host its ninth annual Oktoberfest during the first weekend of October.
Nalin named National Merit Scholarship semifinalist
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) has announced the names of more than 16,000 Semifinalists in the 72nd annual National Merit Scholarship Program and a Tullahoma student is among the number.
Local students make MSU Dean’s List
Students named to the Deans’ List at Mississippi State must have achieved a GPA between 3.5 and 3.79, based on a 4.0 scale, while completing at least 12 semester hours of coursework.
Columbia State names Dean’s List
Columbia State Community College is pleased to announce that 658 students were named to the dean’s list for earning academic honors during the Spring 2026 semester.
Belmont releases Dean’s List, grads
Belmont University released the Dean’s List for the spring 2026 semester, with approximately 49% of the University’s 6,724 undergraduate students earning the academic recognition.
National Security
The “national security” of the United States is under attack, or so says Draco-II, except only he gets to decide what “national security” means. For example, Draco-II banned MS-NOW, CNN, and Politico from the White House grounds and did so in the interest of “national security”. Obama or Biden never banned Fox News, the openly sycophant media of the Republican party; they believed in the 1st amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Draco-II does not. He doesn’t care about free speech, a free press, freedom of religion, unless he approves of it: unfortunately for him, the constitution is still the law – at least for now.
Trump of the Flies
As we dive into the darker side of our society/ civilization, remember how quickly we arrived. We can quickly evolve into savagery and shamelessness in just a decade or faster. Deceit and bedlam come quickly when we cannot recognize how easy it is to ignore that satan hides in our midst, hiding in front of us. See St. Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians 11:12–15, NIV; for example.