Letter to the Editor: ‘Hartselle has lost one of its finest’
Dear editor, I come from an extended line of truck drivers. Both grandfathers, all of my uncles on both sides of my family, my dad ... Read more
March 18, 2024
I was having lunch with a friend the other day and learned something that absolutely mortified me. He laid his confession there on the table ... Read more
A. Ray Lee Columnist In my childhood days spent on a small cotton farm, we ordered our work according to “sun time” even after someone ... Read more
It’s not supposed to be this way. You’re not supposed to see your friends’ pictures on news articles about their four-year-old dying. You’re not supposed ... Read more
When it comes to food, I’m basically a toddler. In most other areas of life I like to think I’ve transitioned fully into adulthood; I’ve ... Read more
It’s handy, having the world at our fingertips. Even though I lived it, it is hard to imagine there once was a time when we ... Read more
A. Ray Lee Columnist A few weeks ago, we shivered through an arctic blast of bone-chilling weather. At the time spring seemed far in the ... Read more
I’ve always been a rule follower. It’s just my disposition. It’s not rooted in any righteousness or self-discipline; it just never occurred to me that ... Read more
A. Ray Lee Columnist February has long been known as the season in which romance is celebrated in various ways. Customs have greatly changed in ... Read more
A. Ray Lee Columnist February 7 will mark the 64th anniversary of my ordination into vocational Christian ministry. At the request of the Bienville Mission ... Read more
To the younger generation, it may come as a shock to know that there was a time when we did not carry cameras around in ... Read more