Brice Njezic: Going against the Grain

Brice Njezic: Going against the Grain

THE SECOND oldest of six children, Brice Njezic grew up in Lebanon. Following in his parents’ footsteps, he loved sports. Baseball swooshed into his life at 5 years old. Basketball and football came into the picture soon after. After participating in all three sports...
Macieo Gaines: Going with the Flow

Macieo Gaines: Going with the Flow

MACIEO GAINES has had a sports-filled life. At the age of 4, Gaines began playing softball with 6-year-olds. At 7, he added football and basketball to his repertoire, eventually narrowing his focus to basketball.  That love for basketball grew and grew. After...
Scotty Hasting: The Stories That He Tells

Scotty Hasting: The Stories That He Tells

SCOTTY HASTING was an Army infantryman who was eventually deployed to Afghanistan’s Kandahar Province, where he was severely wounded and saw his best friend killed. The mental wounds, though, took much longer to heal. He has had to cope with PTSD and the psychological...
Step Back in Time Today at Fiddlers Grove

Step Back in Time Today at Fiddlers Grove

PRESS THE pause button this summer and spend the day rambling through the historic buildings at Fiddlers Grove Historic Village, nestled in the heart of the Wilson County Fair Grounds. Explore a genuine doctor’s office, complete with medical journals, equipment, and...
Pop’s Coffee: Follow Your Dreams

Pop’s Coffee: Follow Your Dreams

THE GREATEST legacy a parent leaves behind is sometimes the dreams they help their children achieve long after they’ve taken their last breath. Since she was a little girl, Beth Price dreamed of following her dad’s footsteps into the exciting and sometimes unknown...
Coach and Biology Teacher Makes the World a Better Place

Coach and Biology Teacher Makes the World a Better Place

PLENTY OF us take clean water for granted, yet about 1 billion people across the world have zero access to it. Most Americans never give it a second thought, as it flows abundantly from our lakes, streams, rivers, faucets, and garden hoses. But according to Run4Water,...