Alabama summers rank among the hottest in the United States, with an average temperature of around 92 degrees and humidity levels reaching the 70-75% range. As temperatures soar during the summer ...

This spring, a 16-member team from Spring Road Christian Church in Lanett, Alabama, traveled to rural Guatemala to build a ...

WEST POINT – Hawkes Library’s summer camp will be taking place the week of June 23 through June 27. It’s for children from ...

With friends like that, who needs enemies? Initially I suppose Job’s friends thought that they were helping Job in his season of suffering. After all, good friends show up. And when they sat with him ...

This feature originally ran in the November/December 2024 edition of the Valley Living magazine, a publication produced ...

At the Monday meeting of the Lanett City Council, Mayor Jamie Heard gave formal notice of a municipal election to be taking place on Tuesday, August 26. Offices on the ballot include mayor, five seats ...

I have heard it said that real painters don’t need a drop cloth. One person who had told me that, later that same day knocked a gallon of paint off his ladder. He descended to the floor almost as ...

Joseph Manley, the Alabama state champion from the SkillsUSA automotive technology competition, will be competing in the ...

With the finals of the French Open coming up this weekend, I will arise on Saturday and embark to my basement office and salute the tricolor on my wall, insert a tape of accordion music into a ...

By: Annie Bresee A new event is coming to the Sportsplex this summer. The Youth Empowerment Conference will be held on Saturday, July 26, at the community center from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. ET. The event ...

This feature originally ran in the March/April 2025 edition of the Valley Living magazine, a publication produced bi-monthly ...

At its Monday meeting, the Lanett City Council took steps toward building a new access road to Lanett Regional Airport and doing a roof replacement at the James A. Hardy Gym. The council approved a ...