by Jeriah Brumfield | Sep 10, 2026 | Lebanon, Stories
Every Fall, thousands of students step onto Cumberland University’s campus carrying far more than just backpacks and class schedules. They arrive with dreams still forming, questions about the future, and hopes of discovering where they belong. By the time they...
by Jeriah Brumfield | Sep 10, 2026 | Lebanon, Stories
Some places ask you to slow down before you even realize you’ve been rushing. The gravel crunches beneath your tires, flowers sway in the Tennessee breeze, bees drift from bloom to bloom, and an old tobacco barn stands watch over it all. At Perry Family Farm in...
by Jeriah Brumfield | Jul 9, 2026 | Lebanon, Stories
Photo submitted by Betty Cantrell BETTY CANTRELL proudly served as chairperson for Concerned Citizens for Veterans in Wilson County from 2008 to 2026. However, she is quick to explain to anyone that the work has never been confined to a title or a meeting schedule....
by Jeriah Brumfield | Jul 9, 2026 | Feature, Lebanon
THE LAST time they all rode together, it was a short drive into Lebanon. It was nothing grand, and they enjoyed a meal on the square and visited family. In hindsight, it feels like a closing chapter for a man whose life had been anything but still. Kathryn Darden...
by Jeriah Brumfield | Jul 9, 2026 | Cover, Lebanon
BEFORE THE crowds and the lights and the sound that rolls across a fairground long after dark, there was a boy in a small room learning to listen before he ever learned to speak into a microphone. David Hale wasn’t much of a sports kid. While his brother moved through...
