by Tina Neeley | Feb 11, 2023 | Feature
WATCHING YOUR baby grow, develop, and toddle is something you never forget. You soak in as much as time allows, even though it is a naturally stressful time. Milestones come and go, and growth progresses as expected — until it doesn’t. It was reasonable to expect he...
by Tina Neeley | Feb 11, 2023 | Feature
SOME GENERATIONS grew up racing to answer the phone, but not everyone’s phone would ring a solid, uninterrupted ring until you lifted the receiver. That call sounded the alarm to volunteer firefighters, and Amanda O’Brien and her brother would race to answer it. They...
by Tina Neeley | Feb 11, 2023 | Feature
MARGARET BRITTON Vaughn, known to most people as “Maggi,” tracked the grit on the avenue from the ruts of the road. Many of the songs she hummed have been sung by names and faces we know and recognize today. Vaughn knew early that her writer’s voice was shaped by and...
by Tina Neeley | Jan 13, 2023 | Feature
TO SAY “the sky’s the limit” is to aim low in the world of Shelbyville native Billy Hix. While the concept of the internet did not exist when Hix was a fifth grader, he’d have had no problem believing he would one day be found on it by searching “Billy Hix NASA.” Two...
by Tina Neeley | Jan 13, 2023 | Feature
FOOD IS a universal love language… one that needs no words. Memories are made around the fellowship of the table where love, laughter, and a sense of belonging comingle with the sweet aroma of our favorite foods. There, we are nourished by mind, body, and soul. Robert...
by Tina Neeley | Jan 13, 2023 | Feature
THEY’VE ALWAYS been a part of Judy Gambill’s life—agriculture and faith. Her commitment to serving her community is rooted in them. Gambill grew up in Franklin County and spent her childhood on the family’s farm, where they tended livestock and row-cropped. When she...
