Chelsea Retherford

Anna Bond Kelley feels that being thrust into the role of Joanna “Annie” Sullivan, one of the lead characters in “The Miracle Worker,” midseason last year, helped her get into the head of the person she'd be portraying on stage for the final weeks of the show's 62nd run in the Shoals.

For Jay Dobbs, Cheston Davis, Jackson Moore and Tyler Durham, a random lunch table discussion in the Mars Hill Bible School cafeteria their junior year set into motion one of the most memorable journeys of their lives, so far.

Jay Dobbs, Tyler Durham, Jackson Moore and Cheston Davis mapped most of their trip out with an itinerary before departing from Florence on Tuesday, May 21, but enjoyed taking time out for some unexpected journeys along the way. The boys returned home on June 6.

After 17 days on the road to the West Coast and back, four Mars Hill Bible School graduates shared memories from an unforgettable senior trip.

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Vicky Kirkman is proud to say she grew up in the area that once was home to “The Father of the Blues,” and that her hometown has annual festivals to honor the legendary names like W.C. Handy, who helped pave the way to the Shoals' musical claim to fame.

In 1967, two Florence teens, Judge Ingram and his cousin, Ricky Fields, started playing in a neighbor's garage on Campbell Street.

When Keith and Raegan Thigpen opened Wohali Sports last March, their initial plan was to fill a need for a well-lit golf practice facility in the Shoals.

By Chelsea Retherford

Sharonda Hopson Lee, director of Volunteer Services and Patient Relations at North Alabama Medical Center, said the hospital's teen volunteer program allows high school and college students an opportunity to explore interests in health careers, but it also gives the students a chance to learn more about themselves.