Alison James

Across Franklin County, local elementary schools have been giving students the opportunity to create lasting memories with some special people – their...

It’s always a little quieter around a newsroom in the summer – because, by and large, of the school break. There are no students to feature, no high s...

One trend that keeps coming into focus has captured my interest and made me think about my choices – and maybe you have had the same introspective exp...

In the evening before bedtime for 5-year-old Alison and my little brother, my father would pop a big bowl of popcorn and settle into his recliner for ...

In Alabama it sometimes seems like summer starts around mid-April and continues through the end of October, but according to the calendar, summer is a...

July is a busy month for us here because we release not one but two special publications during this month. In addition to Franklin Living, which came...

Confession time: I have never donated blood. Many of you know that I am a proud childhood cancer survivor, so you know it’s not stinginess that keeps ...

It’s been right at one year since this spot on our opinion page served as a platform to share about my lack of hobbies. As I said then, some of the be...

You know what they say about one man’s trash being another man’s treasure? The person who coined that phrase was probably at a yard sale. Yard sales a...

In our online poll this week, we asked readers whether they will be spending time on Bear Creek Lakes this summer. The results were mixed, but several...