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Top words of the year 2021: From ‘Vax’ to ‘Breadcrumbing’ to ‘Cisgender’

By GREG MARKLEY The Name of the Wind (2007) is a novel by Patrick Rothfuss. It’s focus is wizardry and a young man’s coming of age. Rothfuss is a fantasy writer from Wisconsin. One of his quotes is: “Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power,...

$10 Million ARPA Funds to be Classified as Revenue Replacement Funds

BY MICHELLE KEY ANDHANNAH LESTER The Lee County Commission voted to accept the classification of $10 million of the $32 million America Rescue Plan Act  (ARPA) funds that it has received as revenue replacement funds. In a final ruling that was released on Jan. 6,...

Businessman Tim James Officially Kicks Off Campaign For Governor

Contributed byTim James Campaign Today, Greenville businessman Tim James held a kickoff event at 10 a.m. on the steps State Capitol to announce his campaign for the Republican nomination for governor in 2022. He outlined his platform to make Alabama a national leader...

U.S. Senate Race is our 2022 Election Year Premier Contest

By Steve Flowers This year’s midterm congressional elections will be the political story of the year in American politics. The U.S. House of Representatives will be in play big time. Whichever party has the majority has all the power. Currently the Democrats have a...