by Richard Klin | Feb 26, 2025 | Feature
Anne Norwood has spent over 30 years as a nurse practitioner in pediatrics. Since she first began her medical career, pediatrics has been her overreaching goal — a calling. She has worked at Johnson Health Center since 2006, a facility that has since grown by leaps...
by Sara Hook | Feb 26, 2025 | Feature
Anything can be found at Walmart, and Beth and Wayne White knew that to be absolutely true. After all that’s where they found each other and nearly 30 years of love. It started as a blind date. Beth worked in night receiving at the Wards Road Walmart, spending the...
by Tina Neeley | Jan 29, 2025 | Feature
In rural Florida, Amy Yelton scanned Dollar Tree’s school supplies and thoughtfully selected colored pencils, adding them to the shopping cart holding other small gifts and personal supplies. As she contributed each December to Operation Christmas Child, a project of...
by Tina Neeley | Jan 29, 2025 | Feature
In the dimly lit waiting room of a busy clinic, a mother clutches her feverish child, her eyes scanning the room with a mix of desperation and hope. She is one of many parents who face the daunting challenge of securing medical care without insurance or financial...
by Tina Neeley | Dec 21, 2024 | Feature
The pastel tulle tutu fanned out over her sweet bare feet, worn over her onesie. She smiled, not just with her mouth, but with her nose and eyes. It was a day of ones — of firsts. The number one on Claire Parker’s first birthday outfit forever memorialized a day of...
by Tina Neeley | Dec 21, 2024 | Feature
Twice a year, in February and August, church doors open and shut out the cares and stress of the outside world. If only for a few hours, music and a common goal bring everyone together. Sometimes, the quartet’s lively banter, four-part harmony, and coordinated...