By Stacey Patton Wallace Thanksgiving 1963 to Thanksgiving 1984 were the best ones of my life. Why? Because from the ages of almost one to almost...
Column Articles
Reflections on the Risen Life
By BRUCE GREENTeaching Minister at 10th Street Church of Christin Opelika Let me begin by wishing you a joyous Thanksgiving that is rich with love...
Be Strong and Courageous
By WALTER ALBRITTON Find my wife’s grave in the old cemetery in Wetumpka and beside her grave you will see a stone bench. It was placed there by a...
HUEYTOWN STOPS OPELIKA IN QUARTERFINALS
ON THE MARKD. MARK MITCHELL Hueytown (12-1) ended Opelika’s (9-4) football season with a 46-10 blow-out in Birmingham last Friday. The Golden...
Young Hands, Helping Hands
By Beth Pinyerd "Over The River and Through The Woods” by Lydia Maria Child is one of our favorite traditional songs that we love to sing on...
Inside the Statehouse
2022 Elections Six Months Away By Steve Flowers Believe it or not, we are six months away from the 2022 elections. All statewide offices will be...
Dick Cheney, Heart Attacks, Stubborn People and Me
By GREG MARKLEY With the death of former Chair of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Colin Powell in October, I was reminded of the amazing durability of Dick...
The Holiday Spirit
By SEAN DIETRICH I pushed open the door to the rural restaurant and the little bell above the door jingled. I had been on the road since six that...
Boys and Girls
By WENDY HODGE My dad used a term as far back as I can remember ... "passive soldier.” The way he said it sounded like a curse word to my young...