J.R. Tidwell

It’s hard to believe that one year ago on Friday, my morning at UNA started off like any other. My roommate and I had looked at the weather, but we di...

I try to be lighthearted and humorous in my columns. I have had a few people tell me they like them, and I suspect that the two aforementioned qualiti...

It is officially April. That means two major things in Alabama: spring-cleaning and tornadoes. I was watching The Weather Channel last night — for som...

It is officially April. That means two major things in Alabama: spring-cleaning and tornadoes. I was watching The Weather Channel last night — for som...

I cannot begin to remember how many editorials I have done since I have been with The Franklin County Times, much less how many total I have done at d...

Whenever I left high school I decided to head to a community college for the first two years of my higher education. I went to Bevill State-Jasper and...

I came into work Friday morning as usual around 10 a.m. The day was going like any other, for 20 minutes at least. My boss called me shortly after my ...

I took a marketing class while I was at UNA and I did not get a lot out of it. Most of the blame in that statement lies with me, as I did not pay atte...

A dystopian novel is a book that shows how human transgressions have altered the world in some way to the detriment of mankind. This genre had many wo...

I found myself in Birmingham last Friday evening. I was at the BJCC covering Red Bay’s basketball game. When I was done there I had a big decision to ...