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News Writer and Reporter | Ardmore, Oklahoma, USA

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  • ‘What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate’

    Ardmore’s police chief was placed on leave in September and fired in December, and the reason was out there the whole time

  • 4 ways to engage with local government in Carter County

    After years of attending public meetings as a reporter, the best stories I covered involved residents engaging with their local government

  • What’s going on with the newspaper?

    Just last week, I was asked “what’s going on with the newspaper” for probably the 10th time this year alone.

  • Homelab Tour: Part One

    At the heart of a growing homelab sits a refurbished piece of enterprise equipment

  • Where have all the water coolers gone?

    Local communities not only need reporters, but also thoughtful editorial content.

  • An open letter to open source contributors

    I’ve had a lot of computing devices over the years, and one thing has kept me coming back.

  • Streaming free and legal broadcast TV to the home network

    Search the web for Kodi tutorials and you get a lot of sketchy advice. I’ve found legal stuff is way more exciting.

  • Mill Creek monument for fallen airmen unveiled

    More than two years after first learning about a 1944 training accident that killed 10 airmen training at the former Ardmore Army Air Base, members of the Mill Creek graduating class of 2025 have completed a project to remember the fallen soldiers.

Latest Posts

There’s something happening here

November 13, 2011 admin Uncategorized

…but what it is ain’t exactly clear. Yesterday’s gathering in Zinn Park was much smaller than Anniston’s first General Assembly, and people may get disheartened

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A Neighborly Call to Action

November 1, 2011 admin Uncategorized

I did some outreach today and there is plenty of skepticism about the Occupy Calhoun County Facebook group. Instead of critiquing every little point, however,

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The Bulldogs’ star player unstoppable by Cleburne County

September 3, 2011 Michael Smith Heflin, Independent

HEFLIN – Early in this 4A region game, the Anniston Bulldogs and Cleburne County Tigers were two strong and evenly matched teams. Despite an early

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Progress instead of politics

June 26, 2011 admin Uncategorized

As a Community Blogger for the local newspaper, I first try to decide which direction to go. As the Dr. once said: We can’t stop

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Wildly misguided pursuits of a dream may have gotten easier

June 20, 2011 admin Uncategorized

In the first months of 2011, the growing political unrest throughout the Middle East became the headlines here in the United States. The revolution in

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Calming the Facebook/DIRECTV rumors

June 3, 2011 admin Uncategorized

3 June 2011 – Rumors have started floating around social networking sites like Facebook claiming DIRECTV customers who suffered damage from the 2011 tornadoes are

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Taxes, jobs, and the American Economy according to Speaker of the House John Boehner

May 10, 2011 admin Uncategorized

While legislators on all sides of Congress scramble to solve the country’s financial problems, John Boehner explains the GOP vision of a new economic path

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A Letter on Religious Clarification

April 11, 2011 admin Uncategorized

To whom it may concern: As a result of hundreds of debates on hundreds of topics, I’ve heard a very common theme during my adult

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A crudely fictionalized rendition of: The Press Conference

April 9, 2011 admin Uncategorized

I decided to attend my first “press conference” this past Monday. I wasn’t quite sure what I was getting myself into, but I can’t become

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Madness in Calhoun County

April 1, 2011 admin Uncategorized

In response to: Anniston Star – Video shows sheriff using manual force but sheriff says it s not the whole storyLaws are not only in place

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  • Where have all the water coolers gone?

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