Desmond Reece has announced his candidacy for the Valley Council District 4 seat. “It was a collection of concerns such as ...

He is not afraid of bad news.” Don’t you want to meet that person? I will admit that during my nearly twenty years as a private, Christ-centered university president I had more times than I would like ...

Jean and I are frequent visitors at antiques shops and malls. We often find treasures there that end up either in our house or in my own antiques booth. I love to find items I can rebuild, refinish, ...

A man-made lake off 55th Street that was built nearly 20 years ago is gaining quite a reputation as a place to go water ...

On Monday, the West Point City Council discussed its plans for the 2025 millage rate. As of now, the council is proposing to keep the 2025 rate the same as last year’s at 7.852 mills, but a decision ...

According to ancestral samples that I provided to a reputable company, my people came from Scandinavia (mainly Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.)  Having that knowledge naturally made we inquire into what ...

Flying into Bluegrass Field has always been emotionally intoxicating—even before you tour a distillery once you disembark.  There is something special about Kentucky’s “Horse Country,” which reminds ...

Katherine Turner Farr was born in Atlanta twenty-one years ago.  She was the first of five children, who would include three ...

Johnny Wood was appointed to the Lanett City Schools District 3 seat last year to serve Tony Edmondson’s unexpired term, and ...

At the Monday meeting of the Valley City Council, a resolution was approved to purchase a six-acre tract of land and notice ...

Community and family drive Kristina “Krisse” Story, a Lanett Council District 2 candidate. The West Shawmut native was ...

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