Seeing a need in the community, Willa Johnson started Feeding Kids Right, a mobile meal delivery service in Athens.
When Willa Johnson was growing up, her mother worked long hours as a nurse in the Dallas–Fort Worth area. During those shifts, Willa would spend time at a local community center. It was underfunded and often the food was not fresh.
I’ll never forget Herman “Train” Gates, the man who collected junk on an empty lot in Carthage, helped fix bikes for neighborhood kids, and wrote poetry.
Barre Wheatley leads an ambitious program that encourages students to shoot for the moon.
Dinah Bowman is a world-renowned artist specializing in a fish printing technique. The results are rich, textured, and colorful. You have to see it for yourself.
Kitt Williams invented a cornbread sandwich when she was eight years old. Today, it's a local Jefferson favorite.
Ethan and Amanda Langley restore classic travel trailers for road warriors from all over North America.
Nari Hodges of Ooyoo Pan creates meticulously designed Korean-style macarons that are hand-piped with love.
Every year, Floyd Boyett takes a break from his routine to gather with friends and participate in the old-world process of making syrup from raw sugarcane.
Gene Fernandez has an outfit for every story, but his infectious love for local history is the star of the show.
