By WALTER ALBRITTON RELIGION — Thirty-five years ago I bought a Ford 8N Tractor and a bush hog. My sons and I used it to cut grass on our 10-acre...

By WALTER ALBRITTON RELIGION — Thirty-five years ago I bought a Ford 8N Tractor and a bush hog. My sons and I used it to cut grass on our 10-acre...
By BRUCE GREENTeaching Minister at 10th Street Church of Christin Opelika One of the greatest blessings God ever gives us is our parents (I...
ON THE MARKD. MARK MITCHELL OPELIKA — The Opelika High School girls’ and boys’ soccer teams, softball team and girls’ and boys’ track and field...
By Beth Pinyerd I love the song “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.” Take me out to the crowd, buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jacks, I don’t care if I...
By Steve Flowers OPINION — Our iconic senior United States Sen., Richard Shelby, turns 88 this week. Shelby is in the waning months of his...
By GREG MARKLEY OPINION — As a political writer or as a student of politics, I have observed political candidates in the last few weeks of a...
By SEAN DIETRICH The old man answered the phone. “Is this Herschel?” I asked him. I heard a loud TV playing in the background. A dog was barking....
By WENDY HODGE Home of the Vikings football team and the actor who played Merle Dixon on the Walking Dead, Jasper, Alabama, is quiet and quaint. We...
By Ann Cipperly Birthdays are special times at the home of Natalie and Aaron Warren and their three children, Judson, 8; Ann Bradley, 6; and...