by Amanda E. West | Feb 17, 2024 | Feature
SOME SINGLE mothers work multiple jobs to keep their families afloat, but with housing and utility prices at an all-time high, child care costs mounting, and grocery prices steadily rising, many are still struggling. One missed paycheck can equal homelessness. That’s...
by Amanda E. West | Jan 20, 2024 | Feature
THE OWNERS of 393 Café, Tanya McPherson and her mother, Nadine Simons, wholeheartedly believe, “Good food is all the sweeter when it’s shared with good friends.” For 25 years McPherson watched her father and stepmother run a successful restaurant in Wisconsin, 25...
by Amanda E. West | Dec 23, 2023 | Stories
OLD-FASHIONED PIG racing, toe-tapping performances by local and worldwide entertainers, competitive cornhole tournaments, and college football, all marinated together with the top barbecue cooks in the nation, equals one big event: Pig Fest. With over 3,000 in...
by Amanda E. West | Dec 23, 2023 | Feature
NEENA SMITH felt hopeless. After losing both of her fallopian tubes following two tubal pregnancies, Smith thought she and her husband, Jonathon, would never birth a child of their own. Neena worked as a nurse at TriStar Skyline Medical Center, and her insurance...
by Amanda E. West | Nov 20, 2023 | Feature
LYNDA EVJEN and a group of local business owners came together in 2007 with an idea to incorporate a Gingerbread competition into the annual Sumner County (SC) Christmas Parade. From those humble beginnings emerged the much-loved annual HolidayFest, which has now...
