Several of the books in the latest Professor Parsons’ Picks silent auction at the A.K. Smiley Public Library are influenced as much by the richness of the authors’ lives as by their talent and the ...

This week’s selections in the Professor Parsons’ Picks category of the Friends of the A.K. Smiley Public Library’s silent auction feature creation, discovery and adventure in a variety of forms. The ...

Collectors of true crime, Spanish poetry, early California history, biographical novels or presidential biographies will want to check out the books in this week’s Professor Parsons’ Picks silent ...

Gary E. Penton, of Pineville, says he's originally from Franklinton, and remembers this incident from his school days: "From our fifth- or sixth-grade window we could look down on the entry to our ...

Dear Smiley: About band experiences: When I started high school as a freshman, we were encouraged to join the band — since there were barely enough members to perform at halftime and create the ...