Scot Beard

News broke earlier this week that Movie Gallery stores from Red Bay to Rogersville will shut down this summer. The video rental chain, which has filed...

The first half of 2010 has been a very productive year for members of the staff here at The Franklin County Times. Actually it would be more accurate ...

I enjoy watching the Discovery Channel from time to time. Some of the programming is entertaining, and it is always informative.

This year there are about a dozen people seeking the office of governor and hundreds more vying for seats in the statehouse and the U.S. Congress. As ...

I have been behaving with my choice of breakfast cereals in recent months in an effort to eat a little healthier. Not that I have eaten cereal all tha...

By Staff Scot Beard Columnist On March 21 the United States House of Representatives angered millions of Americans by passing the controversial health...