This week is National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week (NDAFW). This week is designed to promote open communication and dialogue about the science of drug use and addiction among the youth in our nation.
Note: Arab High School football coach Lee Ozmint posted the following to social media after Arab's last game last week.
On Sept. 9, the Alabama Supreme Court overturned the long-standing 13th Century “year and a day rule” for homicide cases.
National Suicide Prevention Month is every September, but the time to share information in an effort to raise awareness and promote prevention is every day.
September is school attendance awareness month.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
We finished day three with a visit to Skogafoss waterfall. Skógafoss is one of the biggest waterfalls in Iceland, with a drop of some 200 feet and a width of 80 feet.
‘“… call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.” Psalm 50:15
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. 3 John 1:4
“The days are long, but the years are short.”
My name is Sharon Ainsworth. I am a resident of Marshall County and the executive director of the Real Life Pregnancy Centers in Albertville and Guntersville.
My extended family always celebrates Thanksgiving, Christmas and other holidays at my paternal grandmother’s house. But Easter was reserved for my aunt, Annette’s house.
What we are seeing unfold in Ukraine is troubling and heartbreaking.
Hello, from the Arab Senior Center!
Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, And let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth;
One of the things to dislike about growing older is the passing away of loved ones. If you’re lucky, time has given you many friends and relatives to love.
This ‘chicken lady’ loves the South – but not snakes.
Newspapers continue to be a great source of community, county, state and national news for readers – now more than ever.
At a recent meeting of the Arab Historical Society, Doris Head and her son, Shannon, shared with members the history and some interesting facts about their family business, now known as Space Age Service Station and Mini Mall.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,
Christmas is almost here!
This fall I have been so proud to be an American each Friday night before each Arab High School football game when all in the stadium have stood for a silent moment for the safety of our players and given thanks for the right to live where freedom is still observed.
There apparently is no religious exemption to the north of us. It doesn’t seem to exist. You can try to claim it, but you can still be fired for not adhering to mandatory vaccination, as a condition of employment, in the state of Illinois, just a couple of hundred miles away.
Veterans Day not only has strong support across Alabama, it actually has its roots here. The idea of a national holiday honoring all veterans, from both war and peacetime, has its origins here in our state.
Some main-line churches have the tradition of celebrating All Saints Day.
There are many wonderful characteristics of fall, but stink bugs are not one of them. As temperatures drop, stink bugs and other cold-blooded bugs begin to find their way indoors.
With the death of Sgt. Nick Risner this weekend in North Alabama, our state has lost 10 law enforcement officers in 10 months and 24 officers in five years.
“I remember the days of old; I meditate on all you have done; I ponder the work of Your hands.” Psalm 143:5
A life is gone, but a legacy continues in the lives of the 17 grandchildren, 48 great-grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren, that Fay Joyce Butler brought into the world through the generational links from six of her seven children.
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Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. 1 Corinthians 10:31
When my family moved to Arab in 1945, most everyone on Brindlee Mountain made a living either growing cotton or corn. A lot of men had left Brindlee Mountain and gone to Michigan to work on automobile assembly lines.
We are excited to open back up!
With the turmoil, dishonesty and general malaise that seems to be infecting this country and its people, there appears to be a need for reunification and a goal to affect this purpose.
Dear Editor:
It’s almost been a year. How fast this life flies by. In this past year there have been so many tears, so many gut punches, and so many thankful moments.
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