Way back in the days before television or things tech worthy and time wasting, we had free and joyful time for things like stalking the best chinquapin trees that had a possibility for the best crop, best persimmon, best walnuts, best pecans, best...

One of my “careers” was short-lived. For four years, I worked as a stockbroker with Merrill Lynch in Dallas. The first six months, for the most part, was spent out of the office making calls to potential clients. The stock market at the time...

The typical American may eat 4,500 calories on Thanksgiving Day with 3,000 calories consumed at the Thanksgiving meal alone. That’s more than two times the average recommended calorie load for a day! So many times, at Thanksgiving we see lists of...

Alan Thompson, 44, died Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018 in Cantonment, Fla. Mr. Thompson was a native of Tampa, Fla. who had resided in Cantonment for the past 8 years. A Minister of Youth from a young age, he sang with the Dixie Echoes and was a Youth...

Phillip Lydell Young, 17, died Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, at Children's Hospital in Birmingham. Mr. Young was born June 22, 2001 to Phillip, Jr. and Farrow Lee Young. Home schooled, he participated in the local Super Fun Day and was a member of Second...

Robert E. Lee, 62, died Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018. Mr. Lee was born Dec. 20, 1955, to Louis C. and Dorothy Lee in Atmore, Ala. He was a friend to all who knew him. The funeral was held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 27, at Grace Fellowship with Revs....

Claude Lee Stallworth, Sr., 74, died Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. Mr. Stallworth was born July 7, 1944, to Robert and Martha Harper Stallworth in Little Rock, Ala. Employed as a mechanic at Case Tractor Company until it closed, he went on to work at...

Linda Gale Weaver, 56, died Monday, Nov. 5, 2018 in Perdido, Ala. Mrs. Weaver was a native of Atmore who had resided in Perdido, Ala. Since 1994. A member of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, where she had worked for 34 years, she was of the...

Martha Jean Flowers, 82, died Monday, Nov. 5, 2018 in Bay Minette, Ala. Mrs. Flowers was a native of Auburn, Ala. who had resided in Nokomis, Ala. for the past 62 years. She was a member of the Nokomis Baptist Church. The funeral was held at 2...

Mary Lee Mullins, of Century, died on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018. Mrs. Mullins was born in Freemanville, Ala. and had been a member of the Century community for 57 years, coming from McCullough, Ala. Retired from the Century Memorial Hospital Dietary...

Allie Frances McGraw Hardy, 86, of Brewton, died Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018. Mrs. Hardy was born Oct. 23, 1932, to Sherman and Isabelle McGraw in Brewton, Ala. Following her marriage to David Hardy, the couple moved to Lakeland, Fla., where they...

One hundred years ago, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, the world’s largest, deadliest, and costliest war to that date drew to an end. The guns that boomed over field and forest in Europe fell silent. World...

The legendary Alabama storyteller, Kathryn Tucker Windham, used to say, “Alabama is like a big front porch.” She was right, I have found that to be the case my entire life. Even recently, as I’ve traversed the state, I am always amazed at how...

There's a scam going around you need to be made aware of. We received an email from Escambia County (Ala.) Circuit Clerk John Robert Fountain last week warning people of the scam. He sent the email after he had two individuals come to his office...

The president’s party historically loses an average 25 House seats in midterm elections. Republicans lost about 30 plus House seats and counting, but gained seats in the Senate. Despite constant hype that the electorate would rise up to repudiate...