Sweetheart Behind the Wheel
by Judy Woodward Bates
For Grigsby, who's logged almost a million miles behind the wheel, driving a school bus is a family tradition.
first appeared: 8/5/2007
Easter Memories
Easter is remembered in an array of colors, from new purple dresses, yellow bonnets and black patent-leather shoes to multicolored eggs hidden in tufts of green grass and fragrant white lilies surrounding the Sunday church altar.
first appeared: 4/1/2007
The Mighty Oaks
by Chris Neal
On a rainy morning in Nashville, Tenn., the Oak Ridge Boys’ idling tour bus is parked outside the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, where they’re scheduled to sing a little later.
first appeared: 3/18/2007
The Good Ol' Boy of Mayberry
by Andy Keenum
Actor-comedian George Lindsey stands at center court in the gymnasium of Wilson High School in Florence, Ala., talking to several hundred students about his acting career during a visit back to his hometown.
first appeared: 1/14/2007
Singing the Gospel
by Michael McCall
The Blind Boys of Alabama represent one of the most enduring partnerships in American music history, and one that involved overcoming enormous physical and racial obstacles.
first appeared: 5/7/2006
Weekend Warriors
by Tracy Leinberger-Leonardi
Part-time cowboys fulfill rodeo dreams
first appeared: 2/26/2006
On the Frontline
by Noble Sprayberry
Patrolling our borders by land, sea and air, with foreward by Homeland Security Chief Tom Ridge
first appeared: 1/4/2004
Off the Beaten Path
by Alan Ross
This year’s 10 family getaways include peaceful state parks, a historic mining town-turned-artist colony, a space travel attraction, and the place where it all started for America nearly 400 years ago.
first appeared: 4/29/2001
On the Road
by Kara Carden
Although McGrew has a journalism degree from the University of Alabama and had worked for years as a freelance photographer for Fortune 500 companies, New York fashion designers, and newspapers, he’d left to pursue another interest: truck driving.
first appeared: 1/14/2001
Our Veterans
by Peter Fossel
Behind the Faces Another Battle Is Finally Being Won.
first appeared: 11/5/2000
Home for Good
by Barbara Jenkins
America’s population shifted away from metropolitan centers in the last decade three times faster than during the previous 10 years, and hometowns such as Mount Vernon, Ohio, are one of the reasons why.
first appeared: 4/23/2000
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