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Letter to the Editor: It takes a village to help another village in need

Over the last few weeks, a few friends came together for a simple, but great, cause for the people in south Texas.

Updated Today at 12:00 PM
Linda Alessi
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Linda Alessi: Light is the answer

Light is the answer. To what you may ask? It is the way to see what is around you.

Updated Today at 4:00 PM
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Dear Abby

Dear Abby: Son’s health problems cause dad to question his parentage

DEAR ABBY: My first marriage ended in divorce 35 years ago because my wife had cheated on me several times.

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Our Views

Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down: Pickett Chapel will be restored with help

Thumbs up to the about 100 people who showed up Saturday evening to taste some wine, dine and most importantly support historic Pickett Chapel at the fifth-annual Harvest Wine & Cheese Event in Baird Chapel on the Cumberland University campus.

Updated Yesterday at 11:00 AM
Sinclaire Sparkman
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Sinclaire Sparkman: Don’t fear the family reunion

Most of us don’t get too excited about going to a family reunion, but I found myself wondering why as I drove home from the gathering of my maternal grandmother’s side of the family during Labor Day weekend.

Updated Yesterday at 1:00 PM
Jeanne Phillips
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Advice

Dear Abby: Woman’s co-workers ridicule her extreme aversion to blood

I’m just looking for some compassion and understanding from my co-workers. I don’t want to have to find another job, but I can’t keep running for cover every day, and I don’t want to pass out and injure myself. How can I make them see that this is a real medical problem and I’m not just looking for attention? – PASSING OUT IN MISSOURI

Updated Sep 21, 2017 at 8:00 PM
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National View

Phil Valentine: Cries of racism have gotten out of hand

It was only a couple of weeks ago, amidst the hue and cry over anything Confederate, that we were joking on the radio about how long it would be before cotton was considered racist. My producer, Johnny B, joked that aspirin would be regarded as racist since you have to pick cotton out of the top before you can relieve your headache. Absurdity is now reality.

Updated Sep 21, 2017 at 4:00 PM
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Your View

Letter to the Editor: Local hurricane help campaign says thank you

Over the last few weeks, a few friends came together for a simple, but great, cause for the people in south Texas. When everyone had the chance to sit down together, we all had the same vision. We just wanted to help people in need. A post made by Kevin Jones would ignite friends to comes together once again, but also give some of us chance to make new friends.

Updated Sep 21, 2017 at 2:00 PM
Photo courtesy of Facebook The flooding at a family's house in Tampa caused them to drive all the way to Lebanon where they were met with many charitable donations from Wilson County residents.
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Jacob Smith: Volunteer State lives up to its nickname

Several stories that I worked on in the last couple of weeks involved local people doing various things to help the people affected.

Updated Sep 21, 2017 at 1:00 PM
Shan Foster and Taylor Barnette participate with moderator George Plaster in the question and answer portion of the evening at the Wilson County Fellowship of Christian Athletes fall banquet Tuesday evening.
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Xavier Smith: Living with a purpose

It’s perfectly normal to question things such as your career, car, partner and other things that we could have changed with different decisions prior in life. I wish I could say I’m immune to those things, but I’m no different than everybody else.

Updated Sep 20, 2017 at 1:00 PM
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Your View

Letter to the Editor: It’s time to celebrate Constitution Day

As we reflect on 230 years of the U.S. Constitution, let us remember the framers of the Constitution were not only thinking of themselves, but also how to create freedoms and liberty for every citizen for generations to come.

Updated Sep 20, 2017 at 3:00 PM
Byron York
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National View

Byron York: Over DACA, an acute case of Trump panic syndrome

Lawmakers, journalists and activists jumped to all sorts of conclusions when Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi announced that over dinner at the White House on Sept. 13 they reached an “agreement” with the president over the future of 700,000 illegal immigrants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

Updated Sep 20, 2017 at 4:00 PM
Jeanne Phillips
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Advice

Dear Abby: Despite promise to stop, man resumes watching

Our sex life has diminished to almost nothing. I considered blocking the site on his computer, but is that a good idea? Please help me. How can I compete with this? – FEELING DISRESPECTED

Updated Sep 20, 2017 at 8:00 PM
Shelly Barnes
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Shelly Barnes: Don’t lose out, get the nutrient-packed whole grain

Most of us get enough servings of grain foods each day, but are they the right kind of grains? Most grain foods like bread and rolls are made with refined flours, which reduce the nutrients found in whole grains like fiber, vitamins, minerals like iron and potassium, anitoxidants and many phytochemicals.

Updated Sep 19, 2017 at 10:15 PM
Ruth Correll
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Agriculture

Ruth Correll: Beware of grazing these plants after frost

The beginning of fall will be officially be welcomed Friday. The cool days and nights that followed Hurricane Irma gave us our first taste of fall weather. The cool weather is welcomed to encourage growth of cool season grasses like tall fescue and orchardgrass.

Updated Sep 20, 2017 at 5:15 PM