Emmett Burnett
Stores on Wheels
Mobile’s Carts Blanche LLC markets and sells vending machines, sort of, but not quite. Because referring to Carts Blanche’s ‘VendaCarts’ as just a vending...
Food Banks and More for Alabama’s Needy
Alabama’s needy are a changing demographic.
They are housewives tossed from homes, children depending on school lunches or seniors living with fixed incomes that aren’t...
Long Fixes her Problem
Drew Ann Long saw a problem and fixed it.
The Alabaster mom was frustrated when her trips to the store included an entourage of helpers...
Potato Chips Raise the Bar
It all started with two men and a sack of potatoes.
In 1923 from the basement of a Birmingham Hills Grocery Store, Mose Lischkoff and...
Haines and Other Authors’ Best Sellers
For Carolyn Haines, opportunity knocked at a Mississippi cocktail party. Attending the 1982 social, an Ole Miss professor told the future mega-author, “Carolyn, you...
Ford’s Million Dollar Shine
Out of his teens, out of college and out of work, Russ Ford found employment polishing other people’s shoes. He offered great service —...
Can Fun Hedge a Tree Fund?
Not too long ago, timberland investing meant buying raw land, holding it, and selling for profit. Buyers watched their trees and bank accounts grow...
Career Veer to Home Grown
Sandra Simone is a good farmer, reluctantly. Decades ago she traded Birmingham for California, with dreams of becoming a professional singer....
Disaster Master
On the campus of Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas, college students enter a stately building of fellowship and refuge from...
Some of our Best Places
From the northern mountains of Mentone to the southern beaches of Fairhope, five cities exemplify the best of Alabama life, offering...