Miss Alabama 2011 overcomes challenges to win title

July 14, 2011

Courtney Porter is not your average beauty queen. Just ask Porter’s pastor, who has known her for more than 15 years. “In a word, I

Enterprise’s Cool Springs Baptist Church breaks ground

July 14, 2011

Cool Springs Baptist Church, Enterprise, holds a ground-breaking ceremony June 27 for a new education building and extension to the fellowship hall with (l to

Colson to speak at Samford

July 14, 2011

Chuck Colson, founder of the Prison Fellowship and former aide to President Richard Nixon, will speak July 17 at Samford University in Birmingham. An Evening

Southern Christian Writers Conference celebrates 20 years in Alabama

July 14, 2011

When writer Joanne Sloan told her husband, David, also a writer, that she wanted to plan and provide a conference to encourage Christian writers, he

About Alabama — Bringing Jobs to Alabama

July 14, 2011

Alabama’s unemployment rate in May stood at 9.6 percent, slightly higher than a year earlier and well above the national rate of 9.1 percent. Seven

Sand Rock Baptist Church Cherokee Baptist Association Favorite Verse: John 3:16 Favorite Hymn: “How Great Thou Art” Hobbies: Painting, quilting, reading, working crosswords and gardening Family Status: Widowed after

Experience at Judson a ‘savings account’ for life, Brewer tells graduates

July 14, 2011

Family, students and friends filled Alumnae Auditorium on the campus of Judson College in Marion on June 26 for the college’s 173rd annual commencement. President