If a drought bakes the Cleveland and Bradley County community later this summer like last July and August, area residents will be scratching their heads and asking, "Remember when we had all that rain in 2011?" Regardless of its conditions - from dry to wet to frozen - weather doesn't stray far from the lips of local conversation.

When the Rev. George Byrd started working at the post office after World War II, African-Americans had two choices.

Marilyn Thomas attributes her move to Cleveland to divine intervention since it brought the Oklahoma native and cancer survivor to a place where faith, friends and good fortune have enriched her life.