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Dawgs win state track and field meet

by | May 11, 2016 | Sports

By D. Mark Mitchell sports columnist The Opelika High School boys track and field team captured the AHSSA 6A state championship in Gulf Shores last weekend.  OHS dominated the meet, finishing 43 points ahead of second place Homewood. This was the second consecutive...

Inside the Statehouse

by | May 11, 2016 | Column, Steve Flowers

For the past five or six years the legislature has pretty much cut state government to the bone. One of the areas that legislators have taken an ax to are Alabama’s cultural heritage agencies.  These organizations throughout the state have taken it on the chin. There...

Planting the seeds of life

by | May 11, 2016 | Column

Planting the seeds of life: Until two years ago, I ate very few vegetables, other than cucumbers, asparagus, and lima beans. Yes, I ate lima beans. I always have. I don’t know how anyone couldn’t like them, particularly the big fat ones. Oh, I also ate macaroni and...