by Andre Towner | Mar 14, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
In the shadowy backdrop of the American Civil War, Claiborne Towner’s quest for freedom began with a harrowing escape, fraught with danger and cloaked in secrecy. Born into the merciless confines of slavery in the early 1860s, Claiborne, alongside his siblings, was...
by Andre Towner | Jan 16, 2020 | Opinion
I am a systems person by nature and training. I have always been fascinated with why and how things work; understanding if I poked something here, why something moved over there; cause and effect. While my mother didn’t appreciate this aspect of my personality when...
by Andre Towner | May 29, 2018 | Opinion
I was almost unable to write this article. Several weeks ago, I found myself in a terrifying encounter with a law enforcement officer in Mississippi. The day before the incident, I had conducted funeral services for my father-in-law, who was a retired Mississippi law...
