Columnists

Progress then, “Progress” now

In 1981, work on the T.R. Miller High School gym was almost completed. The renovation began in 1979 ...

Columnists

Success starts from within

George Patton, in his 1944 speech to the 3rd Army, declared “America loves a winner, and will not ...

Columnists

Things went boom

Forty years ago, in 1976, there was still much talk around town about the explosion that occurred downtown. ...

Editorials

A bright future depends on us

By this time next year we’ll have a new President leading the country. As I hear some of ...

Lydia Grimes

New phones and all

Fifty years ago in 1966, things were certainly different than they are today. Work was going on at ...

Columnists

Things were slower

Thirty five years ago in 1981, there didn’t seem to be much going on in the area. There ...

Editorials

Simpson trial still captures attention

American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson is a new show that made its premiere last week ...

Lydia Grimes

Cracking down then too

During the early days of February in 2001, the 21st Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force was working really ...

Columnists

Is that a monkey?

In 1996, 20 years ago, former Escambia County commissioner Julian Henley died in a house fire in Wing. ...

Columnists

Coach Riggs was making news way back then, too

Looking back in the old issues of The Brewton Standard are always entertaining. In 1986, 30 years ago, ...

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