The stories that don't make the paper.
A weekly dispatch from Northeast Alabama — the people, places, and events that the internet doesn't know about yet. Written by Matt Headley, founding editor of Southern Legends.
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What's in the newsletter
- ✓One or two stories per week — people, places, and events in NE Alabama that aren't in any newspaper
- ✓Early access to new Southern Legends profiles and essays before they're published
- ✓The Anniston Star faith column ($25/wk column — in your inbox before it's archived)
- ✓Occasional field reports: what Matt found on a walk, a call, a county records search
- ✓No ads. No sponsors. Just the stories.
Recent issues
A taste of what paid subscribers receive each week.
The woman who kept the courthouse records for 34 years
She knew every deed, every name, every boundary dispute in Calhoun County. When she retired, nobody thought to write it down.
Chief Ladiga Trail: what the volunteers don't tell you
The trail exists because of 11 people who met in a church fellowship hall in 1998. Most of them are still maintaining it.
The church on Quintard that feeds 200 families
No press release. No social media. Just a pastor and a parking lot and a Tuesday morning.
Matt Headley
Pastor, flower farmer, and classically trained singer in Northeast Alabama. I've lived in this region for 26 years. I write a weekly faith column for the Anniston Star. I built Southern Legends because I kept finding people worth writing about that no one else was writing about.
Founding Editor, Southern Legends
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