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Nashville’s Home Free Live in Oxford

Home Free

Friday, February 18, 2022 7:30 pm Event by Oxford Performing Arts Center Tickets www.oxfordpac.org/events/detail/homefree DIVE BAR SAINTS, is the title track in Home Free’s upcoming album release, out this summer. The band’s rich, Southern harmonies from their four vocalists Tim Foust, Rob Lundquist, Austin Brown, Adam Chance, and beatboxer Adam Rupp are coming to town […]

D is for ‘Dogs – Piedmont Turns Up the Defense

D is for ‘Dogs

By Al Muskewitz   Piedmont turns up the defense, wins eighth straight area crown; holds two tournament foes to 44 total points PIEDMONT – Every conversation about the Piedmont basketball team invariably starts with its offense and leading scorer Alex Odam, but there was another aspect of the team that has  impressed coach JoJo Odam this week […]

42nd Annual Heritage Festival Held at Anniston’s Longleaf Botanical Gardens

Heritage Festival

Saturday, February 19, 2022 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Event by Anniston Museum of Natural History Longleaf Botanical Gardens Duration: 6 hr Festival Coordinators Mrs. Georgia Calhoun and the Iota Mu Omega Chapter of AKA invite the community to the Anniston Museums and Gardens on Saturday, February 19, 2022, for the 42nd Annual Heritage Festival! […]

Satcher in at Anniston’s Donoho

Satcher in at Donoho

By Al Muskewitz   Returns as Falcons’ head football coach, has previously been a football assistant and coached multiple sports there Jeremy Satcher is Donoho’s new head football coach and he can hit the ground running because nobody really has to show him the ropes. This will be his third tenure at school. Talk about […]

Hands-On History: Chopsticks and Calligraphy Berman Museum in Anniston

Hands-On History Chopsticks and Calligraphy

Saturday, February 19, 2022 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Event by Berman Museum Duration: 2 hr Did you know that chopsticks and the writing system known as calligraphy were both invented during the Shang Dynasty in China over 3,000 years ago? Join us at the Berman Museum any time between 2:00pm and 4:00pm to practice […]

Anniston is Buzzer Beaten

Buzzer beaten

By Al Muskewitz   Handley nips Anniston at the buzzer in OT to win area title or The Mystery of the Phantom 2 ROANOKE – To be the best you have to beat the best and it took two incredible shots at the end of regulation and overtime for Handley to beat the reigning best […]

Level Up: New Game Studies Minor Coming Soon for Jacksonville State University

Level Up with New JSU Gaming Program

Per JSU beginning in Fall 2022, the English department will offer students the opportunity to minor in Game Studies. This 18-hour minor will be interdisciplinary, with course electives from English, art, history, computer science and sport management. The goal is to teach students how to design, analyze and create games. Game Studies minors will learn […]

ThinkSanity Band Live at The Peerless Saloon & Grille in Anniston

Think Sanity Album Release

Saturday, February 19, 2022 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm Event by The Peerless Saloon & Grille Join us for Live Music by ThinkSanity and celebrate their new single and the release of their new album Think Safely. About the Band: Think Sanity is the Musical Talents of Trent Johnson, Andie Johnson, Breihan Dryden, and Jack […]

Long Time Coming – Wins for Ragland and Anniston

Long time coming

Ragland wins first area tournament title in eight years, Anniston wins another; includes all girls area championship games FRIDAY’S GIRLS GAMES 4A-9: Championship game: Anniston 50, Handley 41 1A-10: Championship game: Ragland 69, Jacksonville Christian 47 4A-10: Championship game: Cherokee County 69, Etowah 48 2A-12: Championship game: Spring Garden 54, Sand Rock 40 CLASS 1A […]