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Our radio was dialed to any local radio station during the day for news, farm & market reports, and country music. Saturday nights the dial was set on WSM Clear Channel 650, for the Grand Old Opry. That was the time for Daddy and Mama to enjoy their...

Despite being only some fraction of 1% of our population, we are inundated with trans-gender news and propaganda. Some women want to be men and a few men want to be women, so they can win sports championships. Most Americans find it all just weird;...

For weeks, Democrats have been holding secretive impeachment proceedings behind closed doors, out of sight of the American people. Chairman Adam Schiff of the House Select Committee on Intelligence has been interviewing witnesses in a restricted...

Don’t Miss Your Window of Influence When I am driving to and from work, playing chauffeur to my family, or when working on tasks at my office desk, I enjoy listening to music. I will either be listening to choir music to help me learn my part for...

I trust you are having a great week. I am working on a new book on developing and building social capital and ran across this in my data base. I thought it might be something that you would enjoy. Thank you for being my internet friend…wish we had...

Janice Faye Beasley, 62, died Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019, at a Pensacola hospital. Mrs. Beasley was a native and lifelong resident of the Brewton area. She was a homemaker and member of Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church. The funeral was held at 2...

Marian Sheilah Langham Evans, 71, died Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019. Mrs. Evans was born Nov. 4, 1947, to Dalton and Dorothy “Toots” Langham. A 1966 W.S. Neal High School graduate, she ran the W.S. Neal bus stop and later was the manager of the Merle...

Robert Lee Gates, Jr., 74, died Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019, in Pensacola, Fla. Mr. Gates was a native of Robinsonville and former resident of Atmore who had resided in Walnut Hill, Fla. for the past 40 years. A veteran of the Vietnam Conflict, where he...

Franklin Lamon Reaves, Sr., 83, died Monday, Oct. 28, 2019 in a Pensacola hospital after a brief illness. Mr. Reaves was born in Castleberry, Ala. and had been a resident of Flomaton for the past 53 years. A retired research technician at Monsanto,...

Ruby L. Simmons, 72, died Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019, in Century, Fla. Mrs. Simmons was a native of Pensacola who had resided in Century for the past 20 years. She was of the Baptist faith. A service will be at a later date. Mrs. Simmons is survived by...

Horace “Pee Wee” Sims, 85, died Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019 in Atmore. Mr. Sims was a native of Evergreen who had resided in Atmore since 1985. A U.S. Army veteran and avid outdoorsman, he was a member of the Atmore Country Club and attended the...

Autry Lee Tucker, 86, died Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, in Atmore. Mr. Tucker was a native of Monroe County, Ala. and had resided in Atmore for most of his life. He was a member of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, the Atmore Apostolic Church, where he...

Michael Fredrick Tyler, 67, of Brewton, died Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. Mr. Tyler was a longtime resident of Escambia County, Ala. Of the Baptist faith, he he retired from the U.S. Air Force after 20 years of service as a Technical Sergeant, Radar Specia...

Recently an organization was formed with the name, “Poarch Creek Accountability Now.” This nonprofit group is headed by former 40-year veteran State Senator Gerald Dial, who retired from the Alabama Senate in 2018. The stated goal of this...

We knew Mike Tyler, we just didn't know him as well as most people in the Appleton community and throughout the fire departments that stretch across this county. Tyler, 67, died Oct. 20. He had served as the chief of the Appleton Volunteer Fire...