A first-person account of traveling around Walker County on the Carl Elliott Regional Library's bookmobile appeared in the Dec. 4, 1968, edition of the Daily Mountain Eagle.The unnamed author, … more

Let’s clean out the notebook …• I found it odd, at least through Tuesday, that no one had mentioned with the death of President George H.W. Bush that his family represented the second time in … more

It is a well-established fact that New York stock broker Bill Wilson and Akron, Ohio, physician Dr. Robert Smith (affectionately referred to as Dr. Bob) are considered the founding fathers of what was later to become Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). more

Revelation 1:4b-8 and John 18:33-37Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not from this world.For the past two weeks our church has been making ornaments for our Christmas tree on the town square and I … more

Walker County residents were busy getting ready for Jasper's first Christmas festival in November 1948."Never before since the Musgrove family settled in this little valley of Jasper in 1815 has this … more

Let's clean out the notebook ... all on one story. But we still had a lot to clean out.My Monday was almost all devoted to the discovery that the Walker County Board of Education had decided to … more

For 40 years, I have lived a lie. Any time that I have ever been asked about the area where I grew up, I have always responded by talking about Empire, Alabama, fondly and describing it as just about … more

Last week's column ended with a quick mention of the 1953 Turkey Day classic.I had never heard of this Walker County tradition until a few years ago. My intent was to trace its history this week, but … more

Let’s clean out the notebook…• Oakman City Council’s decision to raise its sales tax, thus making its overall tax charged in the town 10 cents when state and county is included, is … more

For most of my life, Thanksgiving meant one thing – lunch at my grandparents' house. As far back as I can remember, we went to Pa Paw and Granny's house. My grandparents were Jim O. "Sharky" and … more