A lot of readers are probably wondering how these ingenious detective novels slipped past them. Soho Crime, publisher of select crime novels, released new editions of the Sheep Detective novels in 2025 to coincide with this year’s recent release of the Netflix film “The Sheep Detectives.” Read MoreSheep detectives make for unconventional storytellers
Soon as I heard Jellybean’s roommate was bringing a record player to college, I was flipping through my albums finding the perfect ones for Jellybean to take to impress this relative stranger. Read MoreBrett Buckner: Jellybean belongs with the cool kids
I don’t know who sold my cell phone number to whom, but I would like to have a word. The junk texts I have been receiving keep getting weirder. Read MoreLisa Davis: Spamalot!
The day after the worst attack ever by terrorists on U.S. soil, a Jacksonville woman worried about the fate of her son, a serviceman stationed at the Pentagon. Gasoline prices also reflected t… Read MoreOn this day — September 12
Underdog status on the football gridiron meant nothing to the Ohatchee Indians on the night of Sept. 7, 1951, as they thoroughly trounced the supposedly superior Geraldine team by a score of 33-0. Read MoreOn this day — September 9
At a short meeting on Tuesday, the Piedmont City Council discussed the potential $235,000 purchase of a 2026 Kenworth T380 SA Petersen knuckleboom truck, which would be used to clear sticks an… Read MorePiedmont council weighs $235,000 truck purchase
The Piedmont native, Jaret Prater, created Hollr, an app designed to give users one place to find businesses, events, deals and other things happening around Alabama. He started working on the… Read MorePiedmont man builds Hollr app to connect Alabama events
Soon as I heard Jellybean’s roommate was bringing a record player to college, I was flipping through my albums finding the perfect ones for Jellybean to take to impress this relative stranger. Read MoreBrett Buckner: Jellybean belongs with the cool kids
I don’t know who sold my cell phone number to whom, but I would like to have a word. The junk texts I have been receiving keep getting weirder. Read MoreLisa Davis: Spamalot!
September 11, 2001, was a typical day at Sacred Heart Catholic School, located on the former Fort McClellan army base. I was at work in the office when the phone rang. It was my friend Nancy Cassidy calling to tell me that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. Read MoreWhere were you on 9/11?
The Food Lab is not a recipe book. Okay, sure, there are recipes in it. But it’s so much more than that. J. Kenji Lopez-Alt is a James Beard Award-winning chef and food journalist who poured his collective knowledge of cooking into this massive, 958-page handbook for home chefs. Read MoreRachel Webb: The Food Lab
Cooks of ancient Greece created a treat called obelios — a cake, flattened between two metal plates and cooked over burning embers. The creation spread to Europe where it was sold by street vendors as wafers. Today, known as waffles, they are offered with love by restaurants, food trucks and… Read MoreBatter up!
Tee Morgan, author of Annie’s Town and Annie’s Town Revisited, also published an amazing cookbook. It was my first stop when looking for garden variety summertime recipes. It’s been said that farmers are free with advice — and cucumbers. Tim and I can relate. Back when we tended a garden, we… Read MoreFRESH out of the GARDEN
More than 50 people stopped by Sparklight’s Customer Appreciation Wi-Fi Day in Anniston Thursday to learn about eero Wi-Fi, Sparklight Mobile and new service options. Larry Davis also left with a 65-inch TV after winning the event raffle. Read MoreSparklight event puts a spotlight on home Wi-Fi in Anniston
A lot of readers are probably wondering how these ingenious detective novels slipped past them. Soho Crime, publisher of select crime novels, released new editions of the Sheep Detective novels in 2025 to coincide with this year’s recent release of the Netflix film “The Sheep Detectives.” Read MoreSheep detectives make for unconventional storytellers
A list of upcoming faith-based events taking place in our community. These gatherings, hosted by local churches and organizations, offer opportunities for worship, fellowship and service for individuals and families throughout the area. Read MoreThe Anniston Star's faith calendar
If I could have a conversation with one person from the Bible, other than Jesus, I would choose Hagar whose story is told in the Old Testament in the book of Genesis, in New International Version Chapter 16:1-16 and Chapter 21:9-21. In the first two verses of Chapter 16, we learn that Sara, … Read MoreFor one conversation, who would you choose?
Someone recommended a Facebook group for Southern Baptist pastors. He forewarned it would give thoughtful opinion, good humor and genuine frustration. And he’s correct. Some responders are dogmatic about things, seeming not to realize that the nation’s largest evangelical body has leaders wi… Read MorePaws In the pew