by mcl | Nov 1, 2016 | Columns, Covers, Recent Cover Stories
By MARILYN TINNIN Tori Nunnelee—Still Thankful Tori Bedells Nunnelee’s life story contains most of the elements of a Lifetime movie. There is drama, tragedy, loss, pain, and suffering. The similarities end there because unlike the downtrodden heroine in a television...
by mcl | Sep 29, 2016 | Columns, Covers, Recent Cover Stories
By MARILYN TINNIN Darlene Gore—A Breast Cancer Journey Darlene Gore sat in the treatment room at MD Anderson Cancer Center last year. She was awaiting the news on her annual scans. Even though eleven years had passed since her original diagnosis of stage IV metastatic...
by mcl | Sep 3, 2016 | Columns, Covers, Recent Cover Stories
By MARILYN TINNIN One colorful member of the Mississippi Legislature who took on the challenge of signing up for Fit4Change, a Paul Lacoste sports camp, a few years ago described Paul as “an absolute freakin’ tyrant.” That’s one of the kinder things people have...
by mcl | Aug 1, 2016 | Columns, Covers, Recent Cover Stories
By MARILYN TINNIN Native Jacksonians Stephen and Melissa Johnston have been a couple ever since they met on a high school field trip to Washington, D.C. in the 1980’s. He was a student at Forest Hill High School, and she was a Jackson Academy student. Their romance...
by mcl | Jul 1, 2016 | Columns, Covers, Recent Cover Stories
BY MARILYN TINNIN Stephanie Billingsley—The Horse Lady with a Huge Heart It was early April 2008, and Bill Billingsley was enjoying the Final Four college basketball tournament with his son in San Antonio. He answered his cell phone and heard his wife’s anxious...
by mcl | May 31, 2016 | Columns, Covers, Recent Cover Stories
By MARILYN TINNIN The MSU Bulldogs called March 24, 2015, a “historic day.” Some would call it a coup of epic proportions. The new head basketball coach at MSU would be Ben Howland, former head basketball coach at UCLA, a guy with a resume longer than your arm and...
