Bill Perkins

Dothan banker Jeff Williams is the new division president for SmartBank, company president and CEO Billy Caroll announced recently.

In a letter to school board members dated Nov. 13, Coe signaled his intent to step down at the end of his current contract expires June 30, 2025.

Even though I have several books within arm’s reach, I’m usually reading pieces from The New Yorker and essays published online on platforms such as Substack, Delancey Street or The

Late last year, blogger and home chef Gieselmann traveled to New York City for what she thought would be an audition for a new show on The Food Network.When she

One spring in the early 1990s, I’d been in Hong Kong for several weeks when I noticed a sign in a shop that catered to Westerners. “Don’t forget Mother’s Day,”

WHO’s Margaret Harris warns Gaza hospitals have 2-3 days’ fuel left due to blocked crossings; humanitarian aid halted. Urges ceasefire.

I’ve never been much of a planner. I’ve always been content to let life flow over me like a warm rain, even though it occasionally turns out it’s not rain

Every 221 years, two major cicada broods, XIII and XIX, emerge together. The last time this happened, Thomas Jefferson was president of the United States

Entropy, defined as decline into disorder, has been on my mind a lot lately. There are constant reminders. The office Wi-Fi goes out with increasing frequency. The left turn signal at Main Street and Ross Clark Circle may stay green for 10 seconds or a full minute without rhyme or reason. A printer stops working. A laptop won’t power off. A tooth aches. A knee buckles. A friend unseen for a while looks suddenly frail. The face in the mirror looks more like your grandfather’s than your own.

The last few weeks have been a bit of a whirlwind and, if I’m being honest, I may be getting a little long in the tooth for whirlwinds. I enjoy