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A wheelchair wedding

“Sometimes you find love with the most unexpected person at the most surprising moment.” Johnnie Lou and Arnold ...

Opinion

COLUMN: Flourishing in an Age of Discontent 

By Allen Mendenhall Allen Mendenhall is Associate Dean and Grady Rosier Professor in the Sorrell College of Business ...

Opinion

Governor Jim Folsom Jr. has a Legacy

Our Alabama Public Television system was one of the first public television networks in the nation. Today it ...

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Whaley Pecans is a classic holiday baking tradition

Having lived in Troy since 1979, I cherish the tradition my mother started, sending me to buy Whaley ...

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Mossy Grove once thrived around school

Mossy Grove was mainly a farming community where the hub of activity thrived at the little school, which ...

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Solomon Siler was an early Pike County settler

In the 1972, November 28th edition of the Troy Messenger was this story about Solomon Siler, one of ...

Opinion

Looking back at Shellhorn School

The Shellhorn School was established in 1889.  The first residents of Shellhorn began receiving formal education in the ...

Opinion

How should you respond to market cycles?

The movement of the financial markets can seem mysterious — and yet, if we look back over long ...

Opinion

Consider these year-end financial moves

As we enter the holiday season, your life may well become busier. Still, you might want to take ...

Opinion

In 1962, an Air Force C-47 crash landed near Troy

An article in the February 7, 1962, issue of the Troy Messenger recounts the story of a plane ...

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