by Becca Roberts | Apr 9, 2026 | Feature
DUST FLIES in the air as the Southside School’s Lady Saints’ softball team rounds the bases during practice. Coach Jessica Roper shouts instructions and encouragement as they work on speed, tight turns, and proper running techniques for the next big game. As a former...
by Becca Roberts | Apr 9, 2026 | Stories
BROOKE LIPSHIE walks through the double doors, ready for a day of teaching fourth grade math and Bible at Friendship Christian School. But she does not arrive alone; her husband, Adam, heads to the high school classrooms where he teaches U.S. Wars, personal finance,...
by Becca Roberts | Apr 9, 2026 | Cover
IN 2015, Wilson County Schools was hiring for five principal positions at various schools, but their intention was to place those candidates at whichever location administrators thought was the best fit. Scott Walters, however, had a very different goal in mind when...
by Becca Roberts | Apr 9, 2026 | Feature
WHEN DR. MARK Cheathem arrived at Cumberland University in 1992 as an undergraduate student, he was an English major planning to become a high school English teacher. When he realized high school education was not his calling, he double-majored in English and history....
by Becca Roberts | Nov 13, 2025 | Cover
June, a jet-black German Shepherd, stands at attention, scanning the perimeter for threats, then checking back in with her owner, noticing every movement and sound. While out and about, she stays completely in the zone, protecting her handler, Chris Wilson, a...
