STORY BY JOYANNA LOVE PHOTOS BY JOYANNA LOVE AND CONTRIBUTED Usually if a friend is offering someone a pet, they expect a cat or a dog — not a peacock. Yet, this is exactly how Jerry and Pat Farmer ...Read More
STORY BY SCOTT MIMS PHOTOS CONTRIBUTED Tune in to 95.5 FM, 1000 AM or wklfradio.com and you’ll hear something different—and perhaps something a little familiar. The Clanton station — which under...Read More
STORY BY EMILY REED PHOTOS CONTRIBUTED The open road, and unseen places, provide motivation to travel for a group of Chilton County residents known as the “Easy Going Travelers.” “There is somet...Read More
STORY BY EMILY REED What started as a temporary venture for Tamera Hinton and Rhonda Joyner in August 2018 to facilitate GED classes for the community, quickly turned into a more permanent solution. ...Read More
Wanting a more enjoyable lifestyle, Deanna and Russell Lawlis chose to donate all of the things they no longer needed and move into a 400-square-feet home. Story by JOYANNA LOVE Editor’s note: The L...Read More
STORY BY ELISABETH ALTAMIRANO-SMITH PHOTOS CONTRIBUTED Foster care families around the United States are “home” for a staggering 443,000 children each year. Children spend an average of two years ...Read More
Story by JOYANNA LOVE Photos Contributed It was a hot, July day in Israel when Celeste Onchuck had her first glimpse of the archeological site that she would work in for the next 18 days. Onchuck’s ...Read More
Story by EMILY REED Photos Contributed When artist Megan Boggus of Clanton is approached by a client to create a piece of art, she often finds her inspiration from hearing about the people, things or ...Read More
Story by Elisabeth Altaminaro-Smith Photos Contributed Last August, Annabel Mullinax was crowned Miss YMCA for Chilton County. Miss YMCA serves as a local ambassador who holds the commitment to help e...Read More
Story by JOYANNA LOVE Photos Contributed by NIKKI HENLEY The music is hard to nail down to one genre, but there are obvious undertones of rock ‘n’ roll as Holler Stock Inc. plays pop, bluegrass an...Read More