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Gas station breakfast
Jacob Hatcher Community Columnist I have been awakened by the smell of bacon frying in skillets of loved ones, and I have eaten hard biscuits ... Read more
3 days ago by Rebekah Yancey.

School days
By A. Ray Lee Columnist August has arrived much too soon for many youth who have enjoyed leisure summer days away from the discipline of ... Read more
3 days ago by Rebekah Yancey.

In sickness and in health
By A. Ray Lee Columnist After a simple wedding Thursday night December 22 in Coral Gables, Fla., Effie and I left early the next morning ... Read more
2 weeks ago by Staff Reports.

The family table
By Jacob Hatcher Community Columnist In our garage, next to baby boxes and lawn equipment, sits a very important heirloom. It’s not fancy, or even ... Read more
2 weeks ago by Staff Reports.

Bring on the ice cream
By Clif Knight It’s hard to beat a bowl of homemade ice cream on a hot summer day such as what we had last Saturday. ... Read more
2 weeks ago by Staff Reports.

Talkin’ Southern
By Jacob Hatcher Community Columnist Many years ago I asked a co-worker what until that moment I had considered a standard, universal question. In ... Read more
3 weeks ago by Staff Reports.
Prevention Is the Best Solution
By Beth Chapman I’m naïve, but I’d like to think people on both sides of the abortion issue would like for there to never need ... Read more
3 weeks ago by Staff Reports.
Old time revivals
By A. Ray Lee Columnist Years ago when the farm crops were laid by in mid-July it was revival time at Lebanon. Folks who did ... Read more
3 weeks ago by Staff Reports.
Camping out on the creek
By Clif Knight A summertime pleasure my brothers and I shared during our boyhood days on the farm was camping out on the banks of ... Read more
3 weeks ago by Staff Reports.

Sunsets song
By Jacob Hatcher Community Columnist We finally got some rain, bringing a hint of cool and moisture to what has been a long, hot, dry ... Read more