by Tina Neeley | Sep 16, 2023 | Feature
E ACH SEASON brings its traditions, but few compare to one annual kick off to fall and holiday shopping. Unphased by weather fluctuations, only thunderstorms send shoppers scattering to shelter. When the small town of Bell Buckle, with a population of approximately...
by Jeriah Brumfield | Sep 16, 2023 | Feature
SEPTEMBER’S NOONDAY sun showed no mercy as the field hands repeatedly ripped the corn from its stalk, dropping it into long burlap sacks draped across their bodies. Clothes and bulging harvest bags clung to their bodies, glued by sweat. Lost in rows that stood taller...
by Amanda West | Aug 12, 2023 | Feature
THE SUN shone brightly over Jekyll Island as Andrew Reeves, a sophomore at The Webb School (TWS), swung his golf club, striking the white ball with a hard thud. A surge of joy filtered through him as he watched it soar through the air and land on the velvety putting...
by Guest Writer | Aug 12, 2023 | Feature
BEFORE THE Webb School closed its 153rd year, which saw the largest enrollment in school history and the most diverse student body with students from five continents, 22 countries, and 12 states, plans were already underway to exceed expectations in the next school...
by Amanda 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 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...
