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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...
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...
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,...
Rodney Walker, the president of Patriot Fueling Centers USA and the president of Walker Lands and Cattle LLC, is hosting his campaign kickoff for the United States Senate on Thursday, August 14th, 2025 at five PM. His campaign kickoff will be held at Hubbard's Off Main in Oxford, Alabama. A casual Southern restaurant, Hubbard's Off Main prides itself on offering Southern dishes such as Low Country Chicken, fried pickles, banana pudding, and fish and chips. The kickoff for Rodney Walker's bid...
This week marks the 25th anniversary of The National Truth For Youth Week, an outreach ministry for unsaved teenagers sponsored by Revival Fires International. With Revival Fires International being a ministry led by Evangelist Tim Todd, who also won the "World Champion Preacher Boy Contest" sponsored by the Kiamichi Men's Clinic in Southeastern Oklahoma during his youth. The aim of The National Truth For Youth Week, which this year is from August 04th through 08th, is to present high school...
August 2, 2025 - TUSCALOOSA, AL - The phrase, "Make America Great Again", has become the rallying cry for Trump supporters who interpret it to mean the three key elements of the psyche of the American voting populace: Providence, Prosperity, and Patriotism. The enduring popularity of the phrase during President Trump's campaigns for higher office has led to it being shortened into simply "MAGA" and has become a common logo worn on hats and t-shirts for Trump voters. However, every political...
One of the more popular social media pages for historical attire has hit a social media milestone as "Ensembles of the Past" celebrates reaching 10,000 followers just in time for the proprietor's birthday on August 16th. A company that features custom made historical clothing, wedding apparel, and historical flag reproductions from extant originals, it has garnered a large following on social media due to its photography that manages, in spite of modernity, to evoke the aura of the era of the...
On September 12th, 2023, thousands of college students at Auburn University met in the Enville Arena to lift the name of Jesus in a worship setting that led to 200 students being baptized. This worship meeting on the plains, unbeknownst to them at the time, would lead to a revival movement among college students from Auburn University to Ohio State and throughout the entire USA. This revival movement organized by UniteUS is now the subject of a forthcoming CBN documentary entitled, "The Revival...
Two identical twins who hail from Chicago, Camille and Kennerle Kitt, who have been featured on the PBS Special, "Celtic Heart", playing the harp along with the the original violinist from the Irish music powerhouse, "Celtic Woman", are celebrating the release of their new album, "Ice Storm". This album features their collaboration with another set of identical twins, the Volfgang Twins, who focus on the drums. Camille and Kennerle, who are commonly known as "The Harp Twins" are both...
Alabama's Secretary of State, Wes Allen, joins the ranks of those who have lived for half of a century on August 15th, 1975. And to celebrate his 50th birthday, Secretary of State, Wes Allen, is hosting a "Half a Hundred" birthday party and campaign kickoff on August 16th, 2025 at The Social, an event venue in downtown Troy, Alabama. The celebration will be held in the evening from 5 o'clock to 8 o'clock and instead of birthday presents Secretary of State Wes Allen is requesting that people...
While Alabama's Harper Lee will always be known for her seminal work, "To Kill A Mockingbird" which has been translated to the stage and screen with top actors such as Gregory Peck, with her passing in 2016, new works of hers that were previously unpublished are coming to light. Such as "Go Set A Watchman", which was a sequel to "To Kill A Mockingbird" that was written prior to "To Kill A Mockingbird", which was published in July of 2015. The Monroeville, Alabama native received the Presidential...
"Truth Rising", a documentary produced by Focus On The Family in conjunction with The Colson Center is set to premiere globally online on September 05th. It is hosted by Os Guinness and John Stonestreet. Os Guiness is the great-great grandson of Arthur Guiness, the founder of the Guinness brewery that comes to the forefront in popular culture around St. Patrick's Day, as people often celebrate the Irish-themed day with a pint of Guinness. However, despite his family's connection with the famed...
The Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Department in conjunction with the Tuscaloosa Police Department and all of the other law enforcement agencies present in Tuscaloosa County will be hosting their National Night Out on August 12th at the Government Plaza. With the Government Plaza being a popular park and venue for outdoor events in the middle of downtown Tuscaloosa that is across the street on the side from the Senator Richard Shelby Federal Building and Courthouse. Tuscaloosa's National Night Out...
While New England and the northeastern part of the United States are typically associated with more liberal policies, after all Massachusetts was the first state to legalize same-sex marriage, followed by Vermont and New Hampshire, the need to protect the innocent and the young from permanent lifelong health issues has impacted even the northeast. As on August 01st, 2025, New Hampshire became the first state in New England to ban transgender medical interventions for minors. With Governor Kelly...
For those who enjoy seeing movie documentaries on the big screen, tickets are now on sale for "Nothing But A Winner: The Alabama Football Story", an hour and fifty minutes long movie style documentary about the University of Alabama Crimson Tide football team. "Nothing But A Winner" will be showing in movie theaters throughout Sweet Home Alabama on July 31st. With some showings also being available on August 01st. While Nick Saban has earned the moniker of being "The GOAT", for being the...
June 27, 2025 - While open borders and lax border security might facilitate the flow of commerce, they also facilitate another type of trade, that of human trafficking. And the reports are that 300,000 unaccompanied migrant children are missing and unaccounted for under the supposed "supervision" of U.S. immigration authorities. As while in 2008 there were but 8,000 cases of unaccompanied minors crossing the border into the USA, those numbers have since escalated. With 2022 featuring 149,000...
July 2, 2025 - HUNTSVILLE, AL - The Nichelle Nichols Foundation is starting a new space camp specifically for girls at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The focus of the camp will be on outer space, aviation, and robotics for young girls ages 14 to 18. And the cost to attend the camp will be $2,000, but scholarships are available for those interested in attending. The dates for the 2026 camp are January 17th through January 19th. Some of the activities at the camp include...
