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J.R.’s Steakhouse: ‘Enter as a customer, leave as a friend’

OPINION —  As I’ve mentioned before in this column, I really love living in Lee County. There’s a lot to see and do in our county, including trying out different restaurants. According to the 2020 Census, Lee County had a population of 174,241 people. Based on...

Sean of the South | The dropout and the rail splitter

OPINION — Hodgenville, Kentucky, looks like your all-American postcard town. Brick storefronts. Flawless Colonial houses. No flamingos in the yards. The kind of place where you’d expect to find Jimmy Stewart working at the drugstore soda fountain and kids playing...

Opelika breezes past Dothan

OPINION —  Due to the emergence of Hurricane Isaias, Dothan High School had to travel to Opelika on Thursday, Oct. 8, a day before the originally scheduled game with Opelika High School since the Wolves’ home stadium, Rip Hewes — which is owned and operated by...

Democracy and the death penalty: One man, one volt

OPINION — When asked about the death penalty, some are surprised to hear me say that I am against the electric chair. It is because we wait so long with so many on death row; I am for electric bleachers until we catch up. Until then, all the murderers we have yet to...
Sean Dietrich | The checkout lane

Sean Dietrich | The checkout lane

OPINION — He was loading my grocery bags. I’ll call him Michael. He was early twenties, wearing an apron. He has Down syndrome.“How are you today?”...

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