Long haul: Tennessee Baptist DR still at work in East TN after Helene
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – The remnants of Hurricane Helene unleashed devastating floods across Appalachia and East Tennessee one year ago, but the storm still rages for many. News crews have long since departed, but the quiet, persistent work of Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers continues far from the spotlight, helping people rebuild and recover.
‘Trial of the Century’ reenactment underscores impact of Scopes case
DAYTON, Tenn. – Austin Peay profoundly misjudged the moment when he, with the swoop of a pen and the authority vested in him as Tennessee’s governor, signed the Butler Act into law on March 21, 1925.
FIRST-PERSON: A lament for Los Angeles
Vittorio Ristorante & Pizzeria was a quaint, family-owned neighborhood eatery tucked just off Sunset Boulevard in Pacific Palisades. When my wife and I visit Los Angeles to see our daughter, our trip wasn’t complete without a visit to Vittorio’s. The garlic rolls were divine, the pizzas a culinary masterpiece – and I can taste the chicken parmesan just thinking about it.
Vegas shooting leaves W. Tenn. church, community heartbroken
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (BP) -- A small West Tennessee Baptist church continues to feel the blow of Sunday night's mass shooting at a Las Vegas concert after it learned one of the victims was a native son. Sonny Melton, 29, who grew up in Big Sandy and attended Ramble Creek Baptist Church, was killed when he was struck by gun fire while shielding his wife, Heather Melton. See related story.
