Career-technical ed can save money
“Price of College Increasing Almost 8 Times Faster Than Wages,” reads a June 2018 headline in Forbes magazine. A recent USA Today story said...
The home of the Bulldogs
The year was 1943, and my grandmother, Virginia (Mock) McConnaughey, graduated from Buford High School. Twenty years later my father, Steve McConnaughey, graduated from...
But for the grace of God
For many years I have had the good fortune of being associated with an organization that has helped countless people in and around southern...
Good old times at Riverfront
When I stepped into an elevator and headed toward the Riverfront Stadium turf for the first time, I was a bit antsy, unsure of...
More than a place to keep stuff
For the better part of the past 18 years my mother bugged me to get the last remnants of my property out of her...
Where did that come from?
A four-inch straight red line is cut across my forearm. I have absolutely no idea how I got it. I’m not entirely sure when...
We need to find a creek
Spring is at our doorstep and first signs of new life and new growth have begun bursting forth despite the frigid temperatures of recent...
Advice for a fruitful life
March is the month of my 80th birthday. I grew up in a hilly and woodsy section of semi-rural southern Ohio. A neighbor’s car...
He should have yelled fore
One of my favorite things to do as my family gathers together at functions is to relive memories from the past. Most of them...
There’s no time for regrets
The finest stories begin with, “Once upon a time,” and end with “lived happily ever after.”Most stories in real life fall somewhere in between.I...
