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Oh, ugly me

The ugliest that I’ve even been was on Easter Sunday the year I was twelve years old. Mama ...

Opinion

State Auditor office will be open in 2026

The 2026 election season has begun. It is our big election year in Alabama politics. All our Constitutional ...

Dianne Smith

Edward Dunbar an aggressive businessman

Edward Frost Dunbar is one of the aggressive businessmen of Pike County whose activities are directed along industrial ...

Lifestyles

Remember when girls basketball was played in a shoebox

Women’s basketball. My how things have changed…. Fourscore and seven years ago….at a small country school in the ...

Lifestyles

Remembering Ruth, a pioneer woman

When Ruth Overstreet died, Pike County lost one of its true pioneers. Just how long I have known ...

Opinion

Legislature needs to let Alabamians vote on lottery and sports betting

Over the past ten years, the following question has been posed to me, “Flowers, why in the world ...

Opinion

Whaley phased out retail building sales in 1977

  In 1977, Whaley’s Lumber made some changes in their retail operations.      Whaley Lumber and Construction ...

Lifestyles

Which can we afford? The chickens or the eggs?

Growing up, my grandmother had a chicken yard that provided children with pulley bones, chicken scratchers and feathers ...

Opinion

COLUMN: Put some respect on Troy basketball’s name

During the Sun Belt Conference Tournament, a member of the media from another state asked me, “Is Troy ...

Opinion

Bill raising truck weight limits is a danger to Alabama’s roads, drivers and taxpayers

By Jim Meads, P.E. Alabama has made great strides in improving our roads and bridges thanks to the ...

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