by Jeriah Brumfield | May 8, 2025 | Stories
THE GOLDEN, sticky sweetness drizzles onto warm toast, slightly pooling before you take a bite. The rich, floral taste lingers on your tongue. It’s a gift from thousands of tiny workers buzzing industriously in fields of wildflowers. Bees pollinate nearly 85% of the...
by Wesley Bryant | Apr 17, 2025 | Stories
A STUDENT IN our community today will walk the halls of Congress with a pinned American flag on their chest. A student in our community today will pray their knees still hold when their nerves get the best of them as they walk the steps to the stage to accept a...
by Gabriel Huff | Apr 17, 2025 | Stories
ADDIE BROWN’S heart rapidly thumps as she enters the Celeste Center’s oval arena. Sitting high on her horse, Wimpy Cocktail — also known as Otis — the 13-year-old rehearses maneuvers in her mind and tries to block out the noise of the crowd, gathered from all over the...
by Sara Hook | Apr 17, 2025 | Stories
FOR OVER two decades, Advanced Nurse Practitioner Saharra Jewell has served the Coffee County community in women’s health. For many, her office at Amani Women’s Health Center is much more than an occasional obligation. It is a place to see a friend, to pray with a...
by Sara Hook | Apr 17, 2025 | Stories
SHOES SQUEAK on the basketball court, water splashes over the side of the swimming pool, a fishing reel whirs as a line is cast — these activities happen all across Manchester on the daily, and Manchester Parks and Recreation Department Director A.J. Fox is right in...
by Jeriah Brumfield | Apr 1, 2025 | Stories
PASTOR JACOB Schofill, a soft-spoken yet passionate man of faith, never imagined how much his life would change after receiving a call from a street evangelist named Jason Belyew. Belyew, a Chicago native with a heart for the underserved, was surveying the Manchester...
