First recipient makes most of scholarship
Photo above, Sue Barker, left, with APL’s Taylor Muller and Mt. Vernon graduate Rhealyn Reagan, a recipient of the Cole
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Features
Local homemakers develop world-class, creekside ceramics
Before Columbus, cutting edge Caddo homemakers here perfected ceramic dinnerware while the average European was still eating off wooden slabs.
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World War II through the lens of a surgeon with a camera.
By HUDSON OLD Journal Publisher MT. VERNON – Listen: “I remember moments disconnected from the larger picture of the war,”
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Welsh Delivers Record Bass at a Bad Moment to Remember what he Forgot
Not long after the Welsh Lake dam flooded Swaunano bottom, Bill Ocker reeled in the biggest bass ever landed in
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Vampire Legend Haunts Dalby Springs Back Road
By GRETA REEVES Special to The Journal “Ever seen a vampire grave?” my friend Robyn asked. “Well, no,” I said
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Troubadour: Can’t say I remember needing the word before
By HUDSON OLD Expert Tuning in to Professor Steve Howell’s lyrical-musical lectures ever time I crank the pickup stereo’s expanded
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Contrasting Backstories frame Star’s Life
NTCC at CHAPEL HILL – At first glance, “there are two contrasting accounts of Barbara Conrad’s childhood,” said Northeast Professor
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A word of instruction turned his fields to a campus where school boys learned the ways of a man
By HUDSON OLD Journal Publisher PITTSBURG – A spirited domino opponent, Mrs. John E. (Betty) Smith is a gracious winner.
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Hearts of steel beat with the fire in Henderson Manufacturing
PITTSBURG – Fire, high pressure, high voltage, guys layered over in protective clothing and working molten steel from behind shields.
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Life takes a Mt. Vernon magic turn
MT. VERNON – The trail of this chapter of a larger tale story goes back 35 years to the moment
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