By Ken Lass The Christmas season means many different things to different people. The birthday of Jesus, Santa Claus, presents under the tree. In the days of my childhood, back in the 1950s,... Read more
By Ken Lass We make the right turn off Trussville Clay Road into the Trussville Civic Center parking lot. It is 9:15 on a Friday morning, and the lot is packed. Cars are circling the perimet... Read more
By Ken Lass There is an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, which is titled “The Inner Light.” The starship Enterprise encounters a high-tech time capsule floating randoml... Read more
By Ken Lass On my daily walks along the Trussville greenway and Civitan Park, I pass by the construction site for the new memorial to the city’s fallen veterans. As another Veterans Da... Read more
By Ken Lass Are you in fear of losing touch with pop culture? I have a name for that. I call it hipophobia. I made it up. It’s not rational, I know, but for some strange reason, many f... Read more
By Ken Lass I noticed where the Trussville Entertainment District recently featured a band called the “Music City Stones,” a tribute band for the Rolling Stones. Among the other... Read more
By Ken Lass It has become impossible to live in Trussville and not be affected by the trains. They rumble and rattle through the city twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Sooner or la... Read more
By Ken Lass Did you feel that strong blast of wind sweeping through Trussville last week? It was the collective sigh of relief from moms all over town as they sent their children back to sch... Read more
By Ken Lass August is finally here. To you, it might mean the end of summer, the beginning of school. To me, it will always mean the return of football! I love college football. I love colle... Read more
By Ken Lass I see where the city council is now working with an outside company to come up with a plan for rebranding and promoting the Trussville Entertainment District. One of the top prio... Read more
