By GREG MARKLEY Opinion — At age 19, young Tuscaloosa resident Wes Allen “walked-on” at the fabled University of Alabama stadium. It takes stamina and grit to succeed as a walk-on, but Allen endured under coaches Gene Stallings and Mike DuBose. He was a member of the...

By GREG MARKLEY OPINION - The first debates of the 2016 presidential campaign were held on August 6, 2015. They foreshadowed that debates would become less serious. From rude to boorish, participants engaged in private arguments and public actions unusual for wannabee...

By GREG MARKLEY OPINION — Most people who lived through Watergate have a vague recall of Martha Mitchell. She was a bit character in the corrupt dealings that led to President Nixon’s resignation. Martha was the wife of John Mitchell, U.S. attorney general. She...

BY GREG MARKLEY John Frank Burdette and his wife Sarah Burdette operated a food store in Roanoke, Alabama, for more than 50 years. John, a highly-decorated gunner and reconnaissance photographer in the Army Air Corps in WWII, died in 1993. Sarah, 101, has lived long...