by Mandy Nachampassack-Maloney | Jan 8, 2026 | Cover
ON A Friday evening, when most people are racing through traffic and tapping their steering wheels with impatience, Dr. Michael Vaughan was driving home with a different feeling entirely. The week had been full, the kind that leaves a person tired but satisfied that...
by Mandy Nachampassack-Maloney | Dec 11, 2025 | Cover
WHEN JAMES Lanier picks up the phone these days, he often does so after a nap. He explains it plainly, without apology, and with a smile you can hear through the line: he enjoys his daily rest. It’s a small detail, but it captures something essential about Lanier. He...
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...
by Amanda E. West | Oct 9, 2025 | Cover
GRAVEL DIRT swirled in a thin, murky cloud behind their pickup truck. John Ray Clemmons rotated the handle until the truck window released a sigh, and the oppressive heat of summer dropped a fraction inside the cab. He pressed closer to the door panel, studying his...
by Jeriah Brumfield | Sep 11, 2025 | Cover
KASON LESTER doesn’t have to go far to remember who he is. He’s a hometown guy, born and raised in Lebanon, whose heart beats for Middle Tennessee, where red dirt roads lead to family farms and downtown squares brim with hometown charm. His grandfathers built...
by Tina Neeley | Aug 7, 2025 | Cover
COACH JOHN McNeal scanned the hallway at Friendship Christian School — not for hall passes or horseplay, but for instincts. One boy’s shove and a quick twist out of a headlock might’ve looked like a blitzing linebacker and a defensive end blowing up third down. A...
