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With Jane Austen's 250th birthday coming up on December 16th, an abundance of retellings of her classic novels are being added to the Janeite literary canon. These vary from "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" by Seth Grahame-Smith to the murder-mystery, "Pride and Premeditation" by Tirzah Price. While retellings of "Pride and Prejudice" mostly serve to show how brilliant Jane Austen was, since they all fall short of the original, the 2025 retelling, "The Heart of Bennet Hollow" is a particularly...
As the saying goes, "If you do the crime, do the time" and in Alabama that time is described by inmates as "Hell". With the United States Department of Justice having even sued the Alabama Department of Corrections in 2020 over the "systematic" violence and abuse present in Alabama prisons. Facilities which are rife with overcrowding, sexual abuse, violence, and reports of murder. After the USDOJ's lawsuit, Governor Kay Ivey, issued a statement that "An Alabama problem deserves an Alabama...
Anyone who studies the early years of George Washington notices that in his position of being a part of the Colonial Virginia gentry, but not of the same means as his class, he was born for his pivotal role in the annals of history in leading what would become the United States of America to victory against the British King George. It is this focus on the early years of George Washington during his time as a surveyor and soldier in the French American War that forms the plot of the forthcoming...
While the famed New England writer, Louisa May Alcott, is best known for her coming of age classic, "Little Women", her first novel, "The Inheritance" makes for a soothing, sentimental, refreshing, and romanticized read. The novel was never published during Alcott's lifetime and was lost to the sands of time until it was discovered by accident in 1988 when some professors who were researching her letters and journals discovered the manuscript at the Houghton Library at Harvard. The reason the ma...
The Bible holds the record of being the best-selling book of all time with over 5 billion copies of The Bible having been sold throughout the world. And now, "The Chosen" television series, the first multi-season television show about the life of Jesus, has proven that The Good News can still set records. As The Guiness World Records, known for its famous Guinness Book of World Records, has officially awarded "The Chosen" a certificate for its Season 1. As the first season of "The Chosen" is off...
October 5, 2025 - As the highest-grossing live-music artist, one of the wealthiest female musicians, and one of the best-selling music artists of all time, it seems like pop artist, Taylor Swift, has the magic touch when it comes to show business. And, in fact, her movie entitled, "The Life of a Showgirl" opened at number one over the weekend. With the total sales for movie tickets coming in at 33 million. The movie coincided with the release of Taylor Swift's 12th studio album, which also had a...
Known for his signature song that has become a red, white, and blue classic, "God Bless the U.S.A.", country music artist, Lee Greenwood is scheduled to perform at The Alabama National Fair on Sunday, October 12th, at 7 PM in Montgomery, Alabama. With Greenwood being the "grand finale" commemorating the fair's "Hero Day", which honors veterans of the armed forces, active-duty military, and first responders. At 82 years of age, on the 27th of this month to turn 83 years of age, Lee Greenwood's co...
September 25, 2025 - OPELIKA, AL. - Every Fall, people start thinking about pumpkins and small hay bales to use to decorate their front porches for the changing of the season. However, with Halloween coming at the end of October, popular culture delves into the macabre, as well. With people bringing out broomsticks, plastic skeletons, and black canonical sharply pointed black hats with which to go trick-or-treating. In the past, such an interest in the macabre was temporal and shortly replaced...
October 7, 2025 - TUSCALOOSA, AL. - The official marching band of The University of Alabama, known as "The Million Dollar Band", is one of ten marching bands selected from across the USA to participate in the 2026 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Founded in 1924, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is tied with Detroit for being the second oldest Thanksgiving Day parade in the country. With the oldest one being the Philadelphia Thanksgiving Day Parade. Astute mathematicians will notice that since...
The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) Office of Radiation Control has been made aware of more reports of imported goods contaminated with radioactive cesium-137 (Cs-137), specifically shrimp. ADPH is actively tracking this incident to minimize any impacts to public health, the economy, and the environment. At this time, no product that has tested positive for Cs-137 has entered the U.S. marketplace or food supply chain. Other than shrimp, no reports of other food products with...
September 25, 2025 - After working as a city clerk and then the city manager for the city of Northport in West Alabama, Tom Walker returned to his alma mater, The University of Montevallo, to work as an assistant to the president of the university. It was there that he conceived his idea of building a new city of his own. But, not just any city. For with a degree in history and political science from The University of Montevallo, Mr. Walker had a lifelong interest in history, and his idea was...
As a licensed professional counselor in Colorado, Kaley Chiles' motto is "If you don't make time for your wellness, you will be forced to take time for your illness." According to her profile with the Deeper Stories Counseling center in Colorado, she has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biblical Studies with a minor in psychology and a Master of Arts degree in Clinical Mental Health. In her counseling center she offers Christian counseling or counseling that integrates faith upon request. It is a...
September 22,2025 - CENTREVILLE, AL - After Mayor Mike Oakley of Centreville filed an election challenge in the circuit court of Bibb County requesting that he should be declared the winner of the mayoral election for the county seat of Bibb County due to alleged election misconduct, the mayor-elect, Barry Cooner filed a motion to dismiss Oakley's election challenge. With Cooner's attorney, Centreville based Michael Murphy, stating that the proper defendant in Oakley's election challenge should...
The pre-release screening for "Sarah's Oil" is being held tonight at the AMC Summit 16 movie theatres in Birmingham, Alabama. Based on a true story, "Sarah's Oil" is an upcoming motion picture based on the book, "Searching for Sarah Rector: The Richest Black Girl In America" by Tonya Bolden. Which focuses on the story of how Sarah Rector, whose parents were the grandchildren of Creek Indians before the War Between The States, allowed her to inherit land under the Treaty of 1866. A treaty that...
It took a long time for Churches and Christians to harness the power of Hollywood films for good. Beginning with Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" in 2004, box office receipts have shown that there is a large and ever-growing audience for faith-based films. With some of the notable Christian based films such as "Fireproof" managing to become a success in spite of being filmed on a shoestring budget. Furthermore, Christian films are even breaking records as shown by the 2025 animated...
Mike Flynt had a promising career as a college football player. In 1965, he was on the first state championship team at Permian High School in Odessa, Texas. The high school that has since become known for being featured on the television show, "Friday Night Lights". And in his junior year at Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas, he was an all-conference linebacker, team captain, and leading tackler. However, his senior year in college, his proclivity for fighting got out of hand. And in...
When the non-profit ministry, The Salvation Poem Project, released their contemporary Christian rock style song, "The Salvation Poem", it became popular worldwide. Leading to the simple tune being translated into ninety-one languages worldwide. Now, they've turned their creative eye towards film making, with their 2- D animated movie, the "Light of the World" being released in movie theaters this weekend. A movie that aims to "powerfully illustrate how Jesus of Nazareth changed the world...
Public libraries have historically been viewed as "the universities of the public". With librarians being historically severely opposed to censorship in any way shape or form. And the American Library Association even issuing a "Freedom to Read Statement" in 1953 during the height of McCarthyism. With the library association's Freedom to Read Statement emphasizing the association's commitment to support the "freedom to think or believe as one chooses, the freedom to express one's thoughts and...
September 9, 2025 - Mayor Mike Oakley, the mayor of Centreville at present, has filed an election challenge in the circuit court of Bibb County, Alabama. When the original election results were tabulated on the city's election day, Tuesday, August 26th, 2025, both Mayor Oakley and his opponent, Barry Cooner, ended up in an exact tie. With 326 votes being attributed to each one of them. That left both the citizens of Centreville and the mayoral candidates salivating for a full week before the pro...
August 28, 2025 - Voluntary abortions are a very politically charged topic. As various factions along the political aisles have developed highly publicized slogans such as "My Body, My Choice" and "Save a Life" to court voters. While various methods of having abortions have been present throughout history, the most common means of committing abortions nowadays is via chemical abortions. The process of chemical abortions involves taking two different pills. With the first pill being...
August 26, 2025 - NORTHPORT, AL - In an era when it seems like elected officials are impervious to the will of their constituents, the voters in the city of Northport, Alabama proved that collectively their voices can still make a difference. For the past two years, the Northport City Council has consistently acted against the will of the people. Amidst huge opposition, they set the path in motion to sell the Northport Community Center, a lovely park that includes historical buildings as well so...
August 27, 2025 - CENTREVILKE, AL. - While many cities throughout Alabama elected a new mayor on Tuesday, August 26th, 2025, in Centreville, Alabama, the votes for mayor were evenly split between the two candidates. With the current mayor of Centreville, Mike Oakley, and geologist, Barry Cooner, both ending up with 326 votes each. The provisional ballots have yet to be counted and will be the deciding factor in this year's election for mayor. While Mayor Mike Oakley is known for his...
CENTREVILLE, AL. - On Tuesday, August 26th, 2025, several cities throughout Alabama held their elections for mayor and other city positions. With various candidates celebrating their victories during their watch parties later that same day. However, in Centreville, the county seat of Bibb County, neither candidate for mayor could lay claim to the sweets of victory. For both the incumbent, Mayor Mike Oakley, and his challenger, Barry Cooner, ended up in a tie. As they both garnered 326 of the...
The keynote speaker for the Tuscaloosa County University of Alabama National Alumni Association's annual Fall kickoff pep rally style fundraiser held at the Tuscaloosa River Market on Tuesday was Courtney Morgan, the general manager of the Alabama Crimson Tide football team. An entertaining and congenial speaker, Morgan was introduced at the meeting as Head Coach DeBoer's "first new hire" upon taking the helm of the Alabama football team. This was something which Morgan quickly dispelled. For...
In the waning days of The War Between The States that occurred from 1861 through 1865, it became evident that after four years of fighting with fewer resources and fewer soldiers, that The South was crippled to its knees and a surrender was imminent. Nevertheless, a mere five days before General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, General John T. Croxton led union troops in completing their march to The University of Alabama and burning it to the ground. Only four buildings were spared,...
