On Monday, healthcare professionals warned us that the spread of coronavirus was going to get much worse and that this week was going to be “really bad.”
Down in Alpine, Debbie Wade read the news, and it was ruthlessly bleak. The darkness was unabated: the spread of the novel coronavirus, the sickness, the deaths, the fear, the unknown. But there was one thing she could do. So she started sewing.
The 2020 Census has been talked about a lot lately. The U.S. Census is one of the most important things that we can do to help our state. Local, state and federal funding decisions are made with the data that comes from filling out the census.
Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this perspective are my own.
In reference to Mr. Billy Price, "We need experience, not a coach, in Senate." As an avid reader of this newspaper, I, Gary Hayes, have agreed with most of your editorials that you have had published in this paper. Now I have to disagree with you on Tommy Tuberville. This isn't about a coach…
I am disappointed and perplexed — not that anyone cares. What are we to do, those of us who recycle responsibly? There are not enough folks who are willing to pay for curbside recycling.
The cruelty of this global pandemic is so profound, so inhumanely sinister, that its touch isn’t limited to those it kills. It’s even cruel to the families of those who die from something other than COVID-19.
Recently, several so-called hard-nosed, right-winged Conservative Republicans have filled the Speak Out section of The Anniston Star with blames for everything on Democrats and progressive thinkers of this community. I have decided to give my opinions about why they feel a need to target Dem…
As the community grapples with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, local businesses have been hit hard by the decrease in human activity.
Each weeknight for the next two weeks, Sgt. Michael Webb will post a video on the Anniston Police Department’s Facebook page featuring an officer or City Hall volunteer reading a book. Webb hopes parents will join their children for a community-wide bedtime story that’s as much public service as it is educational.
Will Alabama ever learn? We’re still seeing “tough on crime” and “criminals hate me” political ads. We are answering unconstitutional prison systems by building more prisons that will probably be full the day they open and over-full and short-staffed in the first year. No criminal justice re…
It’s too early to know for sure, but it’s possible that we’ve entered a new normal.
My question is: What should we expect from our state legislators? Unless we are vigilant, we’re already behind the eight ball as each new session begins. Unless your representative is a good communicator and cares what his constituents think, we don’t have a clear idea what issues they will …
Today’s high school seniors are seeing their final year upended in an abrupt swirl of postponements and cancelations that won’t be forgotten. That includes proms, many of which were set to happen right about now.
Jeff Sessions knows how to pick 'em! His poor judgement of character in endorsing Trump speaks volumes for his incapacity to be a U.S. senator. The one thing that he did correctly as Attorney General has cost him.
The Buddy Moore Charity Golf Tournament has done it once again! Their members decided to donate part of their proceeds to the Autism Unit at Kitty Stone Elementary School in Jacksonville.
Before the novel coronavirus became a global pandemic, and before the worldwide outbreaks of Spanish flu, Asian flu, Hong Kong flu, H1N1, SARS and MERS, there was yellow fever. And, have mercy, does Anniston have a story to tell about it.
The people of our area should know that Jacksonville’s own Lilly Ledbetter was chosen by TIME magazine as one of the 100 outstanding women of the world of the past century (1920-2019) in its March 16, 2020 issue. She was named woman of the year for the year 2007 on page 127, “2007, Lilly Led…
Jeff Sessions — born in Alabama, educated in Alabama, who rose to political prominence in Alabama, who has represented Alabama in Congress and wants to again — tweeted this on Wednesday:
In 2018, the state of Alabama set an ambitious goal of creating 500,000 highly skilled workers by the year 2025. This number is what forecasters estimate is needed for the state to replace retiring workers, support existing companies, and recruit new industries.
How worried are you about the coronavirus?
Few things in Calhoun County today are as rare as Purell, medical-style face masks and Lysol wipes.
A political primary is a preliminary election in which the registered voters of a political party nominate candidates for office. The key word here is preliminary. The current system allows small states, such as Iowa and New Hampshire (assisted by the media), to award front-runner status to …
For years we have been programmed to believe the education system must be run by those who having teaching experience. Why? When those who get politically active making the decisions as to what and how to teach have given us the bottom ranking.
Jesus is the only answer. In Matthew 24:7-8, the beginning of sorrows of the last days is pestilence (contagious disease). In Psalm 91:3-10 (3) Surely He (Jesus) shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome (perilous or deadly) pestilence. (5) Thou shalt not be afrai…
