July 21, 1949, in The Star: An outstanding example of a young veteran/farmer who’s making the most the Vocational Agricultural Training School at Jacksonville is William Lloyd Etherton, who bought 272 acres of land in the foothills of Colvin Mountain near the Oak Grove Church community when …

One thing happened on stage at this week’s Republican National Convention that I think we can all agree on: The bulldog was mighty cute. Humor columnist Lisa Davis reveals how bulldogs were bred so that we have the sweet dogs we have now.

Last year, Tracy Curvin-Flynn and Dana Curvin-Williams asked a well-known bluegrass musician, Edgar Loudermilk, to help them honor their father, Paul Curvin. He was a longtime bluegrass musician from Wellington who died in 2021 after a short illness.

I’m no chef. Not because I don't like to eat — which I do, you can look at my waist and tell that — but because I don’t enjoy it. Since I don’t enjoy cooking, I rarely practice, so I’m not good at it. I can throw something together in a pinch, but it’s going to be far from a culinary masterp…

Another 4th of July has come and gone, and I’m still basking in the glow of barbecue sauce, cold watermelon, a mild sunburn and sparklers. That’s because as far as holidays go, July 4th is my favorite. No contest.

In 2009, Anniston Star reporter Dan Whisenhunt wrote a feature story about Dave Poore after being impressed with the man’s vitality and enthusiasm while working in the dining room of the local Chick-Fil-A restaurant. 

Thirty years ago, before we were married, my husband and I took a trip to the desert, and I made us detour to a little oasis near a river because it was a prime spot for birding. He later admitted that he would rather have jumped off a cliff.

Master Sergeant Wilbur Atkinson (Ret.) is an army veteran who served in both the Korean and Vietnam wars on the front lines of battle. Having grown up on a tobacco farm in North Carolina, he volunteered to join the Army and served as a rifleman. Atkinson and two of his sons, Tim and Mike, sh…