Obituaries Major (Ret.) James Earl “Jim” Shaddix Jun 17, 2025 Major (Ret.) James Earl “Jim” Shaddix, 82 of Jacksonville, joined his savior on June 16, 2025. Born to James Willis and Janie Vernell Shaddix …
+2 News Featured Retired admiral talks Veterans Day (and what it's like to command a 5,000-man aircraft carrier) Siri Hedreen Nov 10, 2021 This Thursday marks the first peacetime Veterans Day since 2000.
+4 News Featured 3 Edgewood seniors join the military By BRIANA WILSON Bureau Chief May 7, 2021 Three Edgewood Academy seniors were honored at the school's Military Recognition Day ceremony on Tuesday, May 4, for the decision they made to…
Opinion COVID-19 sinks the USS Theodore Roosevelt Marc Greenwood Updated Jul 31, 2025 In April 1963 Martin Luther King led a direct action campaign that targeted Birmingham. In his majestic opus, “A Letter From a Birmingham Jail…
+3 News Featured Cold War veteran remembers time on warship Gabrielle Jansen Jul 19, 2019 U.S. Navy veteran Charles Martin was in the Mediterranean Sea during the Cold War on a warship putting fragments in one of the ship’s guns whe…
News Veteran still uses passion for mentoring with BRHS Navy JROTC Gabrielle Jansen May 7, 2019 U.S. Navy veteran Ben Smith may be retired but he is continuing his dream job of mentoring as the senior naval science instructor at Benjamin …
News Toney Hanson ran away from home and ended up saving pilot’s life in North Vietnam By Staff Reports Dec 27, 2018 Editor’s note: This is the final story in a three-part series about a reunion between retired U.S. Air Force Col. Robert Stone of Alexander Ci…
Archives Alabama’s Only Pearl Harbor Survivor By Amy PassarettiUpdated Aug 4, 2025 Master Sgt. Thomas Davis
