by Tina Neeley | Feb 11, 2023 | Feature
LAURA RADWAY Mayer always looked for the child on the playground with no one to play with, and it’s no different today. Her heart is bent toward women and children with broken hearts and lives, and she has devoted her life to speaking worth into theirs. At the...
by Tina Neeley | Feb 11, 2023 | Feature
SOME PEOPLE spend their life putting others before themselves. They show up at just the right time, armed with answers and resources, making the world a better place through their presence. Judy Flynt is that presence. Whether it’s an entire business operation,...
by Tina Neeley | Feb 6, 2023 | Feature
ON ANY day, countless people cross our paths. Some are distracted, some are irritated, some are angry, and some are hurting. We may be one of them. Who knows how a kind word might change their mood and their day? Kristy Towry Clark rarely passes up an...
by Tina Neeley | Jan 13, 2023 | Feature
IN 2011, an overgrown hillside on the family farm needed attention, and David Robinson of Robinson Environmental Land Clearing got a call from an ad in the Farmers Exchange. Gina McGee’s brother couldn’t meet Robinson, so he asked his sister to deliver the check when...
by Tina Neeley | Jan 13, 2023 | Feature
IT WAS a perfect autumn day—blue skies, golden leaves, and cottony clouds. Just off the square at the intersection of Elk and Washington Streets stands the 1800s steamboat gothic home of Don Wyatt. On this day, the black wrought iron gate gave way to a manicured lawn,...
by Tina Neeley | Jan 13, 2023 | Feature
WHEN I first saw her, something told me, ‘I’m going to marry that girl someday,’” Donny Ogle said, the love in his voice strong 55 years later. “And she couldn’t stand me. I guess I was a little obnoxious and aggravated her too much for a while. But I just knew I was...
