by Tina Neeley | May 11, 2024 | Stories
PERCHED ATOP a stool in the colorful Bad Rabbit Art Studio, 8-year-old Weston Johnson glances thoughtfully from a photo to the artboard beside it, brush in hand. The iconic Stonehenge emerges stroke by stroke from sketched shadows under a cobalt sky and over forest...
by Guest Writer | May 11, 2024 | Stories
HERE’S THE scoop — Nash Family Creamery has perfected form, function, design, and deliciousness with each masterfully crafted sandwich or scoop of flavorful ice cream. As I pulled into Nash Family Creamery after a pleasant countryside drive, I knew I was in for a...
by Wesley Bryant | May 11, 2024 | Stories
SUMMER IS coming. And surely your home will sit empty for a week in this heat. The playful cheers of the kids on summer break go missing for a week that was planned for a year. The dishes sit in the cabinets, waiting for their family to come back home. The doormat...
by Tina Neeley | May 11, 2024 | Stories
AS TRAFFIC came and went along Madison Street, a two-lane main street through the heart of Shelbyville in 1975, late model, pre-owned cars lined the lot of Ernie Cook & Son Motors. Once you’d located your dream car among the selections (family car, convertible,...
by Tina Neeley | May 11, 2024 | Stories
THERE WAS always a place for them. In Jessica O’Neal’s childhood home, their names were all different, but the loving spirit they brought with them was the same. They were children and teenagers with disabilities, abandoned or taken from abusive situations, who needed...
by Wesley Bryant | Apr 13, 2024 | Stories
THE ECONOMIC Policy Institute reports that for every dollar spent at a locally owned business, 68 cents of it stays in the local economy. Compare this to 32 cents staying in a local community when spending money at a chain store. The University of Florida conducted an...
