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Remember those SEC football radio men?

The Southeastern Conference is not progressing exactly as preseason pundits predicted. Perhaps the season is still too young ...

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Hurricane Irma brought back memories

Hurricane Irma has now come and gone, but it reminds me of another hurricane I worked in 1992. ...

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We are in the heart of hurricane season

Why is there such a declining trend in church attendance across the land? Well, the answer could be ...

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Well-known wrestler grew up in Atmore

When Arthur Pershing (Tarzan) White was growing up here in Atmore in the mid 1930s, few realized that ...

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Get your solar eclipse play by play here

Editor’s note: Lowell’s column this week is an accounting of Monday’s total solar eclipse from Atmore. Well, here ...

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The smells of yester year hang in the air

That total solar eclipse destined to creep into the skies near us on Aug. 21 maybe somewhat astounding, ...

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The Strand is a historical gem for city

It seems there is a lot of conversation and activities about the Strand Theatre here lately. And much ...

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A dynamic preacher and Bourbon St.

Some of you may remember watching Bob Harrington, an evangelist minster, delivering sermons on WALA-TV back in the ...

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The Grand Ole Opry is different today

The Grand Ole Opry today is nothing like it was in the 1940s and the 1950s. Today’s music, ...

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In 1962, Southland changed phones

In 2008, I wrote about some people and events from 1961 and 1962. In 1961, Southland Telephone Company ...

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