Category: At Home
Couple has won last two Peach Cook-offs
By Emily Beckett Carolyn Prokopyk said people were probably wondering why she hugged Steve Bittermann so tightly after he won the cook-off at Chilton County’s Peach Festival last year. Why would Pro... Read More
Painter comes back to art on his terms
By Emily Beckett From the moment an art instructor at the New Orleans Art Institute told Allen Turcotte he was holding his paintbrush the wrong way, he made up his mind to paint on his own terms. Turc... Read More
Be on the lookout for Cogongrass
By Patrick Cook | Regional Extension Agent Invasive plants, non-native plants that outcompete desirable vegetation, have been a problem in Chilton County for decades. Plants such as kudzu and Chinese ... Read More
Powers put 10 years into Clanton estate
By Stephen Dawkins Houses are expensive and can take a while to build, and certainly no shortcuts were taken with Tom and Renee Powers’ new Greek revival style home. But by utilizing uncommon materi... Read More
Clanton mansion saved from demolition
If only Pledger Manor’s walls could talk. They would have a number of stories that come with being one of Clanton’s most renowned landmarks for 111 years. Long before the Peach Water Tower reminde... Read More
Family relocates and makes its house a haven
The Zuelzkes — Drew and Jennifer along with their two children, Maggie, 9, and Mason, 7, — are no strangers to the sound of buzzing saws and activity of hammer-wearing handymen.... Read More- 14 of 14
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