Opinion

The National FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) Leadership Conference was recently held in San Antonio on June 28 through July 3. This conferen...

On behalf of the Franklin County Arts and Humanities Council, I want to thank all the performers, sponsors and supporters of the W. C. Handy “Evening ...

The new leadership in Montgomery has been quick to pat themselves on the back for their performance since they took total control of our state governm...

I would like to take this opportunity to thank each and every person that came out to the 11th annual Phil Campbell Hoedown Festival on the 15th and 1...

Effective August 1, a new law takes effect banning texting while driving statewide. The law imposes fines that increase with each offense and penalize...

For those of us that love local produce, this time of year is one of the best. Farms and gardens are hitting their stride with the bounty of fruits an...

Mid-July is the very heart of summer, when the temperatures are high and the cool breezes of fall seem a distant dream. Once, fall was associated with...

Sometimes people in rural areas just write off the fact that they will ever be able to have anything good in their small town communities. They think ...

In the last legislative session, one of the biggest battles that took place was over a bill that would allow select corporations to keep their workers...

I had a really good column planned about the Declaration of Independence, the Revolutionary War, and the bicentennial of America’s second war for inde...