by Amanda E. West | Jul 9, 2026 | Cover, Shelbyville
1967 WAS BOTH a tumultuous and transformative time in the history of our nation. January began with a national tragedy when three astronauts were killed during the prelaunch mission of Apollo 1. Overseas, the war in Vietnam was escalating. President Lyndon B. Johnson...
by Amanda E. West | Jul 9, 2026 | Feature, Shelbyville
HER MOTHER had reluctantly signed the papers. Twenty-four days after Jennifer Clever turned 18, she was on her way to Fort Dix in Burlington County, New Jersey. As a native of Dunkirk on the southern shores of Lake Erie in Western New York, Fort Dix was over 400 miles...
by Amanda E. West | Jul 9, 2026 | Feature, Shelbyville
DUSTIN MASON looked up from his Game Boy. Bolts of lightning flashed across the square television screen, followed by rumbles of thunder. The timer was counting down on his Pokémon game, but he didn’t mind. This United States Marine Corps commercial was his favorite....
by Amanda E. West | Jun 11, 2026 | Shelbyville, Stories
WHEN PEYTON Allison was a little girl, she lined up her Bratz dolls and imagined she was their teacher. Other times, she talked her little brother, Alex, into pretending he was one of her students. Others gravitated to Peyton’s bubbly personality. She made friends...
by Amanda E. West | Jun 11, 2026 | Shelbyville, Stories
“WORK HARD, play hard, pray hard” is the motto of the White family, who own White Associates LLC, which opened at 100 L. Fisher Rd. in 2000. What began as two separate businesses opened the door for three generations of Whites to work together. Lavory White...
