THE SOUNDS of the self-checkout registers beep through the entire store. The short lines of people with baskets and carts move across the reflective tile like a conveyor belt and out the door. Uh,...

You know that first breath of spring? The way the warmer air gives you goosebumps — the air is soft, full of promise, carrying hints of something new. After months of cold, we step outside, and for...

What if love could build not only physical access but also deeper connections? A group of men from Forest Mill Church of Christ took that question to heart when they started a ramp ministry — an act...

Manchester Native Lisa Marcrom's fingers glided across her client's tense muscles, a particular relaxation method that seemed to soothe the body and mind. The client's crumpled brow started to...

The PinkHouse lives on, beautifully preserved in the pages of “The PinkHouse Project Cookbook.” Tucked inside the pages are an abundance of family recipes and stories of love, heartache, and...

Growing up in a world of unpredictability, where stability was a luxury and trust a fragile commodity, was the reality for Mary Hazelwood. As a child, Hazelwood experienced the instability of the...

In a world where health care often feels like a race against time, what if the most important aspect of healing wasn’t about the ailment at all? Martha Henley, the CEO of Unity Medical Center (UMC),...

Tasha Hill vividly remembers the moment that changed her life. She was sitting in a jail cell, lost in the throes of addiction, feeling utterly hopeless. With parents who also battled substance...

A nurse walked down the hallway his mother walked decades before he did. Beep … beep … he could hear the sounds from patients’ rooms. He kept a small keepsake pinned to his scrubs, a pin his mother...

The people of the year 1000 faced division, uncertainty, and fear for the future. They didn’t know it then, but they stood at the edge of change, transitioning from the Dark Ages to the Middle Ages....

Kim Watkins stood in front of her classroom, the old pages of a homemade book cradled in her hands. The colorful, hand-drawn pictures, carefully illustrated with crayons and pencils, glistened under...

Susannah Lance stepped onto Manchester’s streets with little more than hopes and dreams. Having experienced what it was like to live with almost nothing, she knew she wanted to give back to the...

As Roxanne Patton: Leadership Through Service Springfield Patton strolled through the streets of Manchester, she felt the warmth of familiarity and a connection to the town that influenced her. To...

THE CROWD gathered as Eric Frazier wheeled himself onto the front porch of his new home. Emotions were high — the kind that binds a community together in moments of sincere honor and reflection....

IN THE dimly lit hallways of the Franklin County and Coffee County recovery courts, a new kind of hope now walks the halls where remnants of past mistakes once lingered. Allen Burnette was once...