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For a day, these students taught me

When I walked into Jackie Ritchie’s Learning English And Parenting Skills classroom behind Meadow View Elementary, about 20 ...

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Write Night takes the stage at PHS

“Can you believe that what started as 30 or 40 kids in the auditorium lobby reading poetry, playing ...

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Colorguard makes our county proud

Last Saturday, I got a chance to spend the day with some of the hardest-working young women in ...

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Main streets the pulse of county, country

I have an infatuation with small-town main streets.

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Shelby County’s birthday party: you’re invited

Shelby County is throwing itself a birthday bash Feb. 6. The county turns 193.

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Pay attention while keeping warm

When I am driving in the county or spending time at home in Alabaster, my ears are usually ...

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Beware of drivers on thin ice

It has become a joke around the newsroom about my inability to be fazed by Shelby County’s so-called ...

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Maybe we should choose life

He was a man found guilty of the shooting death of his 11-year-old cousin.

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Please Fix: A good idea, poorly executed

Our intentions were the best. However, you know what they say about good intentions.

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Speaker has much to teach

Myrlie Evers-Williams. The name alone will be forever linked with civil rights struggles, challenges and achievements. She will ...

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Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus

My stepfather and I were the only early risers in my household, which consisted of him, my mother ...

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Give gifts that save the day

The Red Cross kicked off its 2010 holiday giving effort as a new national survey shows that despite ...

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Better vote “yes” to help county’s children

Now, I don’t have children yet. God willing, my husband and I won’t have them for a few ...

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Oh, the places I can only hope to go

My career at the Shelby County Reporter has taken me unexpected places.

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Tree lighting not to be missed

As a former member of the Pelham High School jazz band, there was one event I looked forward ...

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