It’s that time of the year again. Summertime. The kiddos are out of school. The weather is warm. The days are longer. You want to do something on your off days. I have an idea. Let’s go shooting. To go further, let’s take someone that might have never gone or have limited exposure to the […]
On June 10, 2017, America lost an Icon of Film and Television. Adam West passed away. West is famous for portraying Batman. He is the first Batman that I knew. I remember watching him in the live action television show as I grew up. He died after a battle with Leukemia. Adam West was born […]
It is a familiar sound. The clock counts the seconds. One 24 hour day when everything basically is turned upside down. There is a threat to America and one person has to stop that threat. First it was Jack Bauer. Bauer protected the United States through eight seasons on Fox. 24 was one of the […]
On May 27, 2017, the Music Industry lost an icon. Greg Allman passed away. Greg was part of the Allman Brothers Band with his brother Duane. Gregory Lenoir Allman was born on December 8, 1947, in Nashville, Tennessee. Greg worked delivering papers to purchase a Silvertone Guitar. He was part of several bands, along with […]
Today is June 25th, 2017. Let’s rewind to June 25th, 1876. It has been known by several names. Custer’s Last Stand. Battle of Little Big Horn. Battle of the Greasy Grass. Whatever you call it, 263 Soldiers with the 7th Calvary, including George Armstrong Custer, were killed in this battle in Montana. From the Battle […]
This is something new for us at Hammer Down Gun & Pawn. We are helping to sponsor the 15th Annual Rally at the River on June 10th, 2017. The event will be held at McFarland Park, located in Florence, Alabama. This is the first time that we have been a sponsor for a nonprofit event […]
TUSCUMBIA-This morning at approximately 11:30 AM, Tuscumbia Police, Tuscumbia Fire and Keller Ambulance responded to the Deshler High School Lunchroom for a call that came in as a “riot.” I arrived on-scene to find these agencies already there. I spoke with a parent who stated “that there was a big fight in the lunchroom and […]
With previous articles that I have written for the Quad Cities Daily, there is no doubt that I am a “wrasslin” fan. Not wrestling but “Wrasslin’”. Not in regards to today’s Sports Entertainment, but when it was bad guys against good guys. Wrestling has evolved over the years. It doesn’t matter if you are rich […]
I remember that day very clearly about 2014. I had not been feeling well and had gone to the doctor. I hate going to the doctor so I had put it off as long as I could. He told me that he wanted to conduct a Blood Sugar Test. During the test, they withdraw […]
It is no secret that I am an action movie junkie. I loved the Chuck Norris, Steven Seagal, Van Damme and Bruce Willis action movies of the 80s and 90s. These are classics by today’s standards. There was nothing better than sitting at home and watching one of these action movies on VHS. Yes, that […]
