by Tina Neeley | Jun 10, 2023 | Cover
FAMILY IS full of ups and downs, but it’s also where we leave from and go back to. At its best, it’s where we belong. At its worst, it’s where we wish to go or return to — that place of belonging. Karen McCulloch has a heart for family. But when she and her husband,...
by Kali Bradford | May 13, 2023 | Cover
FINDING SOMETHING the whole family can do during the summer can be challenging. The beach is too crowded, and the amusement parks are too far away. And both can be astronomically expensive. You are looking to save gas and your sanity. Thankfully, many family-friendly...
by Tina Neeley | Apr 15, 2023 | Cover
WORKING IN the summer heat shoveling mortar and toting brick on the job site alongside his father, Joe Hunter, and uncle, Raybon (Shorty) Hunter, 12-year-old Danny Hunter didn’t know he was working on more than someone’s home. Through each summer break and school...
by Tina Neeley | Mar 11, 2023 | Cover
AS A small boy, Thomas Hastings learned the letters of the alphabet as he helped his dad change the sign outside Lincoln County High School. He grew up surrounded by a family of educators. It’s all he’s ever known or wanted to know. “I would help my father [with the...
by Tina Neeley | Feb 11, 2023 | Cover
LAST DECEMBER, Judy Carter enjoyed dinner and Christmas lights with her family. For some, it’s a little thing, but for Carter and her family, it was a reason to celebrate. And it was possible because of the connection with her daughter-in-law, Sarah Campbell — well,...
by Tina Neeley | Jan 13, 2023 | Cover
CHARLES AND Linda McGee have learned a few things in their 60 years of marriage, and you can count on one thing: they learned them together. Because they lived in the same community, the couple knew of each other before they began dating. Charles, four years older...
