Instead of giving a speech at a town hall, Mo Brooks is talking dinner table issues. At dinner tables. The Republican Congressman and...
My name is Randy, and I’m a chocoholic. (All together now:) Hi, Randy! Welcome to chocoholics not-so-anonymous. There are no meetings...
For nearly half a century, Escambia County “Law Day” has offered local high school seniors an opportunity to get an up-close and personal...
Imagine having help on the way for your child in less than one minute during any emergency situation. That’s what a brand new technology...
In April of 1988, I got the phone call that changed my life. The caller was Donna, a nice woman who handled public relations for a...
As we approach the start of the baseball season, I look back at my one big chance. Like most young boys of my generation, I dreamed...
History class became a new version of “show and tell” as students were treated to a visit at the Southeastern Indian Festival on the...
Residents of the Huxford area found out the Escambia County school system’s new slogan “We Are One” doesn’t just apply to the classroom...
I think in some ways we have all wondered what it would be like to be a movie star. As someone who has spent his life in front of a...
“In my opinion, the criminal justice system is broken.” These words from Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson after a weekend in which the Port...
It’s not often a metaphor becomes reality. But the Alabama legislature literally has a political football on its hands. We’re talking...
Back in 1966, kids were starved for good science fiction. We were stuck with junk like Lost in Space and Voyage to the Bottom of the...
Like many Americans, I hate the time change. I honestly don’t see the point. The one in the spring is the worst, especially if you’re...
Imagine having to fill up 55 cars every day. That’s the situation faced by Escambia County Sheriff Heath Jackson, whose fleet of patrol...
Being the second-best boys' basketball team in Alabama is still something to brag about. While the Escambia High Blue Devils didn’t...
I was raised by a single mom. I know, that’s not unusual today, but back in the day, in a Catholic neighborhood where no one got divorced,...
For students in Escambia County schools, the morning announcements just got a lot more interesting. That’s because each school now...
Back in the day, before politics, social media and political correctness sucked the fun out of life’s simple pleasures, we were easily...
“The money has to come from somewhere.” That bit of financial common sense comes from Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT)...
Most people think the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) just handles the screenings at airports. But the TSA is also involved...
It might be the most unique homeroom you’ve ever seen. Students at W.S. Neal High School in East Brewton aren’t learning farming skills...
Lately, I’m seeing all the warning signs that were evident in the 1970s. political unrest. Skyrocketing energy prices. High inflation....
Those of us of a certain age remember when flying was actually fun. I know that seems hard to believe in an era in which you get half-undressed...
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that there is currently a mass exodus from the Northeast to places in the South. While...
Sometimes a school bus is more than a school bus. In Escambia County, it’s a rolling wi-fi hotspot. This year, 25 of the county’s 100...
Growing up Catholic in the fifties & sixties, I was dealing with the usual rules that go with any religion. We had the fish-on-Friday...
In a spirited talk at the Escambia County Republican Party meeting in Brewton Monday night, U.S. Senate candidate and current Congressman...