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You Were Blessed if Your Mama Read You Fairytales
RELIGION — Books have been important to me. I blame my mama for that. She read fairytales to me when I was a little boy. Before I could read or...
Vacation Fun With Young Children
One treasure that early childhood teachers love is paper bags. I am so thankful to Charles Stilwell for his invention of the first machine-made...
Inside the Statehouse
Annual Legislative Session Successful OPINION — The recently completed Regular Session of the Alabama legislature was a success. It began on a high...
Panning From the Past — Part One
RELIGION — Hebrews 11 is one of those passages that everyone is familiar with and finds inspiration in. The standout stories from Abel to David to...
Politics Among the Book Crowd: Book Reviewers Battle Trolls
OPINION — It doesn’t matter whether the writer has already published or is a novice seeking glory. When a writer sees that new critiques of their...
A Bowl full of ‘Merica!
OPINION — I don’t know about you, but when I was a child, Saturday mornings were magical. I could hardly be pried out of bed for school during...
OHS Football Ready for 2023
OPINION — The Opelika High School Bulldog football team recently finished up six weeks of workouts, including 7-on-7 tournaments and drills...
Cool Ideas to Beat Summer Heat
Having a son and daughter-in-law who live in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where it is very cold with snow during the winter, I have seen many “snowbirds”...