by Tina Neeley | Mar 27, 2025 | Stories
WHEN “LITTLE” Joe Burns’ 1954 Buick and his friend Cody Mitchell’s 1949 Chevy 3100 truck hit the road after the extra touches the duo added to their classics in 2015, the process and end results looked like fun to Little Joe’s parents, Brenda and “Big” Joe Burns. When...
by Haley Potter | Mar 27, 2025 | Stories
PASTOR CHARLES Mayo has always believed in the power of faith to heal, comfort, and guide people through life’s most difficult moments. His journey with Lincoln Health System began in March 2021 when he was asked to serve as a volunteer chaplain. Seeing an opportunity...
by Tina Neeley | Mar 27, 2025 | Stories
THE FLINTVILLE School library hums with the quiet energy of modern education. Today’s school libraries hold not just books but endless opportunities for wonder and exploration. Bookcases line the walls, filled with books whose spines stand at varying degrees of...
by Wesley Bryant | Mar 27, 2025 | Stories
THE SOUNDS of the self-checkout registers beep through the entire store. The short lines of people with baskets and carts move across the reflective tile like a conveyor belt and out the door. Uh, oh. A man at the checkout stood frozen. The total amount due on the...
by Sara Hook | Feb 19, 2025 | Stories
What does a flag represent? Is it the values of the group it flies over, the efforts of those who carry it, or the history written under its banner? The United States Stars and Stripes embodies all these things and more. Yet, as the nation endures, individual flags...
by Sara Hook | Feb 19, 2025 | Stories
She spent nearly five months in the hospital and some 45 days on a ventilator; she had more than a dozen surgeries and a kidney transplant — all before she turned 4. Yet Jentry Prock is a bright and happy child. As she continues to heal, her perseverance, along with...
