by Amanda E. West | Aug 12, 2023 | Stories
THE CALSONIC Arena, located at the Celebration grounds, has a new identity — the Cooper Steel Arena. The exterior and the interior received much-needed updates, including fresh exterior paint, an updated facade, and new doors and windows. A new Cooper Steel Arena sign...
by Amanda E. West | Aug 12, 2023 | Cover
IT WAS a Friday evening in early June, and varsity baseball player Jaxon Sheffield had recently graduated from Cascade High School (CHS). Most young men his age might be out on the town celebrating with friends, but not Sheffield. Instead, he reminisced about why his...
by Amanda E. West | Aug 12, 2023 | Feature
BRANDI SMITH said she was an unusually talkative and wild child who teetered somewhere between Scout from “To Kill a Mockingbird” and Idgie Threadgoode from “Fried Green Tomatoes.” “I talked too much, and I couldn’t sit still. I had...
by Amanda E. West | Aug 12, 2023 | Feature
WHILE THE years have flown by too quickly, and Amanda Shelton has begged for time to pause and let her catch her breath, she’s never stopped being in awe of her daughters, Alyvia and Alyssa Smith. At one year and six months apart, Shelton lost count of how often...
by Amanda E. West | Aug 12, 2023 | Stories
SINCE 1979, Lazarus Lake has organized the annual Strolling Jim Ultra 40 Marathon in Wartrace, Tennessee. According to Lake, some of the best runners in the world have been to Bedford County for the Strolling Jim, the second oldest continually held ultramarathon in...
