Chelsea Retherford

Great ideas are meant to be shared. Glenn Rikard hopes to pass on a tradition he first discovered from an old friend, Gladys Eley Harper, who saved greeting cards and turned them into tiny decorative boxes.

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Though Brad Guin and his wife, Alyssa “Sissy” Ashley-Guin, are both local musicians, and have been for most of their lives, the two only met about four years ago.

Austin “Bo” Bohannon returned to his Russellville home after graduating from the University of Alabama at Birmingham with a degree in biology. The plan was to take a gap year and decide whether he wanted to pursue medical school or find work in a related field like medical sales.

About five years ago, Jack Williams was playing at a songwriter's round in Nashville, Tennessee, when he was approached by a publisher who asked why Williams hadn't considered releasing his own record.

The Full Moon Players’ “Million Dollar Quartet Christmas” is showing a second weekend at Cypress Moon Studios.

Shelia Hwang jokes that instead of her daughter inheriting an interest in photography from her, it was Hwang who picked up an interest in seeing her daughter's talents.

When Mary Donna Ott had an idea to introduce a photo contest to residents at The Renaissance, a Pegasus Senior Living facility in Florence, she thought the contest might also serve as incentive for the residents to learn the ins and outs of using the camera tools on their cell phones.

Bryan Roberts laughed and called his obsession with Christmas a “slippery slope” as he tinkered with a string of lights that had gone out near his front door.

Ricky D. Young, a 72-year-old world champion equestrian from Florence, returned from the 2024 American Quarter Horse Association competition in November reeling with excitement for the next chapter in his