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COLUMN: Troy’s coaching search begins, looking at potential candidates

Editor’s note: This column is in no way an endorsement or support for any potential coaching choices at ...

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Kathryn had a wonderful gift of words

Shuffling through a box of cards and letters the other day, I came across a Christmas card that ...

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’Cause it’s fruit …ain’t it?

Cold weather made an appearance the other morning. As I stood at the kitchen window, I said aloud, ...

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Pike County’s ‘Poor House’ was closed in 1936

Before Social Security  and the advent of pensions and other  programs, men and women who were impoverished resided ...

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The Messenger once profiled Careers of Women: Mrs. Ernest Holmes

Meeting people in a new town can pose a problem.  Mrs. Ernest Holmes had the skill and enthusiasm ...

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Learning what veteran really means

I used to think of veterans as balding men who rode in parades and gathered at barbecues and ...

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In 1919 The Messenger asked ‘How long have you been married?’

In 1919, the Messenger ran a series on “how long have you been married.”  Here are some more  ...

Jaine Treadwell

John Glenn was a likable man

Oktoberfest kind of got by me. The month of October reminds me of drawing pumpkins on a wood ...

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My Place of Grace

When I was in college, I had a teacher that asked us to do an essay on “My ...

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German WWII POWs were housed in Pike County

Approximately 16,000 German prisoners of war made Alabama their home during World War II.  The first camps were ...

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