by Kali Bradford | Apr 20, 2024 | Feature
COMMUNITIES ARE wonderful things. They are comprised of people with various backgrounds, ages, ethnicities, and beliefs. They offer support, celebrate achievements, and lend a helping hand during challenging times. It’s where friendships blossom, traditions are...
by Sara Hook | Mar 16, 2024 | Feature
IF YOU’VE driven by one of the community gardens on Coles Ferry Pike or East Market Street, or if your child has brought fresh produce home from their elementary school classroom, you’ve seen the work of Vine Branch Fellowship and its founders, Alex and Shené Scott....
by Richard Klin | Mar 16, 2024 | Feature
CHERRYE ROBERTSON is the principal of Byars Dowdy Elementary School in Lebanon, a school that ranges from pre-K to fifth grade. Her background in education is extensive and varied. Her career began as a teacher of first and third grade, and she quickly fell in love...
by Amanda E. West | Mar 16, 2024 | Feature
WHILE THE political climate at the national level was rife with racial violence and division in 2016, the situation in Wilson County was relatively calm and even prosperous. Yet pastors Daryl Crouch and Tim Bryant shared a burden for the brokenness of their neighbors...
by Sara Hook | Mar 16, 2024 | Feature
LEARNING NEVER truly stops, and that is doubly true in the arena of self-defense. For Clay Howell, founder and owner of Patriot Training, firearms are an integral part of that. Since 2016, Howell has worked hard to make Patriot Training an institution everyone can...
