by Ralphine Major | Sep 17, 2018 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major He has a strong passion for mountain biking. But the bike trail is not where I saw Chase Campbell recently. It was in the sanctuary of Wallace Memorial Baptist Church. The mountain biker is also a minister, and he has come home. Chase...
by Mike Steely | Sep 17, 2018 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely We are so blessed to live in an unusual part of our nation. You may not think of it but there’s lots of places within a day’s drive where you can encounter oddities of nature and man. For instance, Cumberland and Pine Mountain in Tennessee, Virginia and...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Sep 17, 2018 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan If you go to a courthouse and there is a large group of people, who are well dressed, happy and there are children running around, then that group is likely there to finalize an adoption. It is not often that you see so many happy people...
by Steve Hunley | Sep 16, 2018 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley There is no plainer way to put it; quite simply hazing should be illegal. A recent reminder was the filing of a lawsuit by a former Florida State University student who claims he sustained a brain injury while being forced to participate in a hazing...
by Ray Hill | Sep 16, 2018 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill “Live so that when you die, even the undertaker will be sorry.” Sign that hung in the business office of Jim Cummings. James H. Cummings is likely a name unfamiliar to most readers, but during his time he was a power and a man to be reckoned with. When he...
by design | Sep 10, 2018 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson My mother often referred to my father as an “interesting man,” whose projects challenged our whole family. I remember when we raised quail in the basement for training hunting dogs. My job was to daily rotate each egg in the incubator a quarter...
