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Remembering storyteller Kathryn Tucker Windham
Alabama’s Legendary Storyteller Kathryn Tucker Windham was born in June 1918 and died in June 2011. June has ...
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The races are on – big questions answered
Those of us who follow Alabama politics had been awaiting late May like kids waiting for Santa Claus ...
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Dianne Smith: From The Messenger’s Files: Fire destroys home of Dr. O.N. Edge
Dr. Oscar Nelson Edge was born on January 18, 1887, near Springhill. After graduating from Baltie School, he ...
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Freedom rings across the land
My granny always said if God had intended her to fly, He would have given her wings. Since ...
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The DeKalb/Henager Ledbetter/Livingston 4th of July Breakfast is now must go to political event
In bygone days in Alabama politics, there were several what I call “go to” events for statewide Alabama ...
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Dianne Smith: From The Messenger’s Files: Briar Hill once flourished
When famous surveyor Merriwether came through Pike County in the 1830s, he came upon a hill that was ...
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A Jean Lake painting for a toe?
Daddy and Trigger Lake often played golf together. What I knew about Jean Lake was that she was ...
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Tuscaloosa has a young political prodigy and a great political heritage
When President Donald Trump visited Tuscaloosa in May to make the commencement address to the University of Alabama ...
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Dianne Smith: From The Messenger’s Files: Noah Hurley
In 1889, the Troy Messenger published a series titled ‘Some Old People.’ They interviewed several early pioneers in ...
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COLUMN: My time at IMPACT
By Carrie McLendon Just as every incoming Troy University student does, I recently spent two days at IMPACT: ...