Column Articles

By WALTER ALBRITTON RELIGION — The word “matters” is used often with reference to what is truly significant. When I ponder what really matters, three words come to mind: faith, family and friends. The longer I live, the less significance I find in things. Though Jesus...

OPELIKA — The Opelika varsity girls and boys basketball teams completed the regular season last week. The Lady Bulldogs (10-14) won their final two regular season games against Dadeville (61-28) and Russell County (53-44). The leading scorers were Tyra Pitts with 14...

By SEAN DIETRICH I’m warning you beforehand, what I’m about to say is going to seem utterly ridiculous. Here goes: My mother once told me that I could conquer the world if I ate a decent breakfast. The whole world. All because of breakfast. See? I tried to warn you....

By SAM DICHIARA When I was a student at Auburn, sometimes after class, I’d drive to the Lee County Humane Society and take photos of the pets there. I was an avid nature and animal photographer, and it felt good to take pictures that the Humane Society would use to...