By STACEYPATTON STACEYPATTON WALLACE What’s your favorite type of food? As a “Pooh-sized” woman, I’ve rarely met a food I didn’t like, to paraphrase...
Making the Grade: Fuzzy’s Taco Shop
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Column Articles
The Lesson of the Sunflowers
By WALTER ALBRITTON RELIGION — Since the heinous Russian invasion of Ukraine, much has been written about sunflowers. That’s because the...
Bulldogs Move to 1 -0
ON THE MARKD. MARK MITCHELL OPELIKA — Opelika's varsity football opened the 2022 season with a 29-28 win over Callaway (Georgia) in Troup County...
Baby Boomers and Seniors Parachute Into Volunteering
By Beth Pinyerd As the school bell has rung, we seniors and Baby Boomers can truly find a “niche” or place in the preschools and schools....
Inside the Statehouse
Special Alabamians By Steve Flowers OPINION — Under the title “Alabama is a Big Front Porch,” made famous by the legendary Alabama storyteller...
In 2008, I Heard Salman Rushdie Talk, Despite a Fatwa Bounty of $3 Million
By GREG MARKLEY OPINION — Born in 1947, by 1988 Salman Rushdie had been honored with the Booker Prize, the highest literary award in Britain. Born...
Gone Country
By SEAN DIETRICH A beer joint. In the sticks. A cinderblock building. There were beat-up trucks parked in a dusty parking lot. No sign. Only a small...
Remembering The Chicken House, Betts Grocery
By Ann Cipperly The once popular Chicken House and Betts Grocery stood for many years at the site where Southern Union is currently located. The...
Making the Grade: The Boathouse
By STACEYPATTON WALLACE As I’ve mentioned many times before, I grew up in Alexander City (“Eleck” City to the locals). My parents, two much older...