Dianne Smith

Christine Gilmore wore many hats in 1969

Originally published as part of a series on Careers for Women in 1969 and this story about Christine ...

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Memories of Kathryn Tucker Windham

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must ...

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Pappy Tolbert, was Troy’s Dean of Morning Men

WTBF went on the air on February 25, 1947.  The station was locally owned and affiliated with the ...

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The legacy of Andy and Mayberry

Many nights I turn the TV to the Andy Griffith Show. Andy and Barney were not part of ...

Dianne Smith

Elizabeth Comer had a desire to learn to read

Originally published in 1980 is an incredible story about Elizabeth Comer’s desire to learn to read.  This story  ...

Opinion

Some stories are worth the telling

Some years ago, I was walking away from a suspected crime scene.  A murder, perhaps. I turned to ...

Dianne Smith

Alice Green Thornton, spinner, weaver and artist

Alice Green Thornton was born in 1903 in Meekers, Oklahoma.  At an early age her teacher recognized her ...

Opinion

COLUMN: ‘Adventuring’ to start the New Year

My wife and I brought in the New Year doing one of our favorite things: ‘adventuring.’ That’s the ...

Opinion

When New Year’s Eve went off course

My brother shot a Roman candle up his nose. That was the end of our good-time New Year’s ...

Opinion

Dr. Tennille, the man and his vision for a town

According to Margaret Pace Farmer’s book, One Hundred Fifty Years in Pike County Alabama 1821-1971, Dr. A. St. ...

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