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It’s not ‘nuts’ when you get to know other folks

We all have people we see on a weekly, or even daily basis who we know by face. ...

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Nurses, firefighters and monster hunters…Oh, my!

In the past week, I’ve met about 200 area kindergarteners. Other Messenger employees met the remainder of them and ...

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Pike County is full of good-hearted people

Almost every day, someone calls the newspaper with information about an effort to help a group or a ...

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Honor through celebration of life

Everyone makes the same face when I respond to, “When’s your birthday?” Some people even offer condolences. But ...

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‘Dance with the one that brought you’

There’s a saying, “Dance with the one that brought you.” I think it applies to college sports, as ...

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Remembering dreams of space, heroes

When I was a child, I didn’t spend my time playing with dolls or worrying too much about ...

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Don’t be a bully, to bugs or people

I was driving down Elm Street near the police department earlier this week when I saw two female ...

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Long Hall: ‘It’s sad to see it go’

I was in Collegiate Singers at Troy University many years ago. On Wednesday, I stood on the breezeway ...

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Can you recognize the true heroes?

Wednesday, Troy residents felt a collective warmth as they raised cheers for local firefighter Lt. Curtiss Shaver as ...

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Raging on the road: Lessons in virtue

If patience really is a virtue, folks daring – or having – to drive down South Brundidge Street ...

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