Russ McBee

Jack McElroy, editor of the News Sentinel, received a letter from a reader who had some questions regarding the recent lawsuit against Knox County Commission: Maybe McElroy could answer the following questions in his Sunday column next week. ... Just who is the Plaintiff - McElroy or the News Sentinel? ... This can best be answered by telling ...

Today's News Sentinel features two articles reporting on yesterday's ruling by Chancellor Daryl Fansler in Editor Jack McElroy's victorious lawsuit against Knox County Commission. Under the banner headline ''Judge tosses 12,'' the paper's above-the-fold story discusses the content of the judge's ruling and its immediate aftermath. The other ...

Knox County Chancellor Daryl Fansler handed down his ruling earlier today in the aftermath of Tuesday's ''guilty-as-hell'' verdict in Jack McElroy's lawsuit against Knox County Commission. I think Fansler's remedies are fair, the opinion well-reasoned, and the outcome just about the best we could hope for under the circumstances. He ordered that ...

Knox County Chancellor Daryl Fansler is expected to issue his remedy sometime today in News Sentinel Editor Jack McElroy's suit against Knox County Commission. Right now, the case floats in a kind of intermission between acts, and I strongly suspect the fat lady is about to sing. While we're waiting for Fansler's ruling, today's News Sentinel ...

''Government guilty'' That's the banner headline in today's News Sentinel. Today's front page is plastered with news stories about yesterday's verdict in Editor Jack McElroy's lawsuit against Knox County Commission; the only story on the front page not about the verdict is this one about the city suing the county over the storm-water issue, and ...

Today's verdict in Jack McElroy's lawsuit against Knox County Commission was a slam dunk for the plaintiffs and for the people of Knox County. As a citizen of Knox County, I'm thrilled with that outcome. Of course, the judge's remedy won't come down for several more days, so plenty of opportunities for disappointment remain. Here's the remedy ...

Jurors began deliberating this morning in the trial of News Sentinel Editor Jack McElroy's lawsuit against Knox County Commission. The KNS is live-blogging the verdict, which I think is very cool. Today's paper includes this article which recaps the closing arguments presented on Friday. Although the first few paragraphs are written in a somewhat ...

Page B1 of today's News Sentinel carries a ''Reporter's Notebook'' article which recounts several distinct vignettes from the trial of Editor Jack McElroy's lawsuit against Knox County Commission. The printed version of the article is broken into discrete sections, each treating a completely different subject. The online version, however, is ...

Today's paper has this front-page story about yesterday's developments in the lawsuit of News Sentinel Editor Jack McElroy against Knox County Commission. Although the news itself is potentially bad for the people of Knox County, the story is written in a straightforward, unbiased way. It unpacks a complicated set of motions and legal arguments ...

Testimony ended yesterday in the trial of News Sentinel Editor Jack McElroy's lawsuit against Knox County Commission. Although Commissioner Greg ''Lumpy'' Lambert was never called by the defense as a witness, he was called to the stand yesterday during the plaintiffs' rebuttal. Today's News Sentinel reports on Lambert's testimony in this ...