Deverick Long

More than a decade before we even heard a Migos record, there was a another group of dread-headed teenagers from Atlanta that were turning things up. In 2004 when hip-hop was interrupted with a sub-genre that we know as crunk music, Crime Mob were heavy contributors. It has now been a couple of months shy of 10 years since we have received an album from Crime Mob and there are reasons why we need another one.

Aliceville native Carl Colvin, a 1997 graduate of Aliceville High School, is turning years of hands-on roadside experience into a growing mobile business that’s changing how drivers handle tire problems in Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, and surrounding areas. Colvin is the owner of AutoTread Mobile Tire Service, a strictly mobile tire service that brings tire replacement and repair directly to customers—whether they’re at home, at work, or stranded on the roadside. The business offers on-demand serv...

According to the good people at foodbeast.com, strip clubs are the reason Atlanta is addicted to lemon-pepper wings. Let’s face it, strip clubs and wings go hand in hand. But there’s a pastry chef in Atlanta that’s changing our whole perspective to a strip club’s menu. He’s completely making us forget about wings and focus on his specialty desserts. Around 6:15 p.m. on a sunny and windy Wednesday evening in Atlanta, I got to meet Pastry Chef Curtis Lamar. I was greeted with a handshake and smil

In a small town like Aliceville, businesses don’t just serve customers—they become part of the community’s identity. For more than four decades, The Shoppers Guide has done exactly that. And behind its continued success is a story of resilience, determination, and local pride, led by longtime owner Karen Long Huff. Karen Long Huff’s journey with The Shoppers Guide began in the early 1990s, when she first stepped into the business handling bookkeeping. What started as a behind-the-scenes role...

A lot of women who came of age in the early 2000s didn’t just grow up—they were raised on a soundtrack. Their mothers had Erykah Badu floating through the house like incense, with Angie Stone laying down that grown-woman gospel about love, patience, and knowing your worth before somebody else tries to price it for you. That kind of upbringing doesn’t just shape taste—it shapes voice. So naturally, some of those same women picked up the mic themselves. But instead of whispering around the trut...

Y’all like macaroni and cheese? People be asking me how I cook my macaroni and cheese. They think it’s some long secret recipe with fifteen ingredients and a grocery list longer than a church announcement. But nah. My macaroni and cheese is real simple. Cheese. Butter. Salt. Pepper. That’s it. No milk, no sour cream, no eggs, no flour, no cream of chicken, no garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, Himalayan sea salt blessed by monks, or whatever else folks be throwing in there trying to...

On an early September morning in the transition between summer and fall, Mrs. Bernice Washington is right on schedule with getting her hot bar fully loaded. With only a few minutes left to prepare things before it’s time to open the doors of Aliceville Religious Center, she still makes time for a warm greeting before she talks about being in the restaurant business for three decades.