by Tina Neeley | Jun 10, 2023 | Feature
NOVEMBER 16, 2022. Countless viewers watched as the Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft stood at attention with an eye beyond the sky and waited patiently for the final countdown to lift off. As the countdown neared zero, Artemis launch director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson...
by Tina Neeley | May 13, 2023 | Feature
IT’S A life of song. Spend 15 minutes with Billie Crowell, and tell me you don’t walk away with a song in your heart, a smile on your face, and a pep in your step. She says music is God’s gift to her; Crowell is God’s gift to us. The piano has its place in many...
by Tina Neeley | May 13, 2023 | Feature
SUMMER’S NOT just for outdoors! Fellowship with friends and family while experiencing our area’s best arts and entertainment, indoors and out. Don’t forget the fireworks, but there’s more than fireworks lighting up the skies; there’s an explosion of things to do and...
by Tina Neeley | May 13, 2023 | Feature
AN OLD ledger-turned-scrapbook testifies to the tenacious and adventurous spirit of a woman ahead of her time. Glued to the aged pages is a series of encouraging quotes, more roadmap than sentiment for the one that cut and pasted keepsakes from her travels. While many...
by Tina Neeley | Apr 15, 2023 | Feature
DRIVING THE gentle, rolling hills of southwest Bedford County, nature will stop you in your tracks if your spirit is open to its invitation to slow down. Nestled within these hills is the old red barn. Standing like a sentry over the family raised in her midst, she is...
by Tina Neeley | Apr 15, 2023 | Feature
WE TAKE it for granted. A hot shower or a long bath at home, endless choices for snacks and meals in the pantry and fridge, a closet filled with clothes, a warm coat — so many everyday provisions are routine and present that we can’t imagine others lacking them....
