As a parent of five, I send my children to school each day expecting safety, structure and support — but is that still a reasonable expectation? I want to believe it is, but lately, I feel like I’m holding on to hope where there seems to be none.

I’ve always been a glass half there kind of a girl.

Today’s world is nonstop.

Summer time is full of outdoor fun — from taking vacations to the beach to soak up the warm weather, to visiting with friends and neighbors outside everyday, the warm summer weather gets us out of the house.

Father’sDay is this weekend, and it’ll more than likely be filled with the quick-witted dad jokes we all know and love. 

I was about 12 years old when my dad decided to sit me down and bring to light what would define my sense of humor for the next several years — “Monty Python and the Holy Grail.”

Every era has a beginning and an end.

October 7, 2023, didn’t happen in a vacuum. The effects of the deadliest terrorist attack in Israel's history reverberated across the globe, and this evil found its way into the dark corners of our homeland. The Jewish people have been persecuted for centuries, but many Jewish Americans are …

A student posted something on his Instagram page that seemed to indicate that there are more deaths from police interactions with the public than when George Floyd was killed. Is this the case? I researched the statistics, and this is what I found.

The recently completed 2025 Regular Session has concluded successfully. Anytime you record solid balanced budgets, you have succeeded.

Have you ever met one of those people who automatically hugs you? “I’m a hugger,” they say. Even if you’ve never met before, they’re embracing you in a bear hug immediately.

Everyone knows when it’s a presidential election cycle. There’s commercials and billboard ads and endless endorsements. There’s advertisements spouting issues and curtailing opponents, and everywhere you look on the news, there’s some new update about a presidential candidate.

A month ago, the United States and Ukraine signed a Rare Earth Minerals Deal. It’s a pact that if it passes over objections from Putin supporters in Congress, could bring an end to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. Here’s how that would work.

When Republicans finally took control of the Alabama Legislature in 2010, they put a conservative stamp on Alabama’s legislative process and lawmaking. They have made sure that Alabamians, and for that matter the rest of the country, know that Alabama is a ruby red Republican state, both soc…

Most Alabamians know weather can be the difference between life and death. Some people are either storm chasers who don’t mind being outside in a turbulent weather event, while others stay in their safe place for hours on end — either way, it is important to use your judgment when it comes t…

Last Friday night in Wetumpka, the Tallassee High School Class of 2025 walked across the football field and into their futures.

For many years, I would have classified myself as a perfectionist.

You would have to be living under a rock to not be aware that two of our state’s metropolitan areas have a serious problem with violent crime. Montgomery and Birmingham have become crime-ridden war zones that resemble third world countries like Mexico, run by drug cartels.

One year ago this week, I was saying goodbye to a 28-year career as a public school music teacher.