Greg Screws

4 weeks ago | whnt.com | Greg Screws |Taylor Mitchell

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — May Pang is one of those people you run into that you realize they’ve lived ten lifetimes in one life. A front seat for history. She spent a year and a half with John Lennon and did that at the urging of Yoko Ono, when Yoko and John weren’t together. Lennon called those 18 months his lost weekend. That is perhaps not accurate, but what it did do was give May Pang the opportunity to take pictures of John Lennon that are, in a word, stunning.

2 months ago | whnt.com | Greg Screws

(WHNT) — “Stand up Scout … your father’s passing.”It doesn’t matter if it’s the movie, the book, or the play, when Reverend Sykes tells Scout to stand up when Atticus walks out of the courthouse I always cry. It’s a powerful moment in the where Atticus is just beat the floor after an innocent man, Tom Robinson, is convicted. Harper Lee’s book “To Kill a Mockingbird” was published in 1960. According to Britannica over 60 million copies have been sold and it has been translated into 40 languages.

2 months ago | whnt.com | Greg Screws

DECATUR, Ala. (WHNT) — Not many people have a second act in life. But Rickie Higgins is proof that you can have a second act and excel at it. Rickie is a retired educator. He had a successful career as a teacher and the universe, if you will, kept pushing him to the canvas. Like many, Rickie’s journey to the art world started early. He drew on the floor at home as a kid. Later, in high school, a teacher pointed out his talent as a way to get a scholarship and attend college.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Greg Screws

DECATUR, Ala. (WHNT) — Not many people have a second act in life. But Rickie Higgins is proof that you can have a second act and excel at it. Rickie is a retired educator. He had a successful career as a teacher and the universe, if you will, kept pushing him to the canvas. Each week, we ask community members ‘What’s Spinning?’ 💿 highlighting their favorite artists, albums, songs, etc.! >> Click to see what they’re listening to 🎧🎶 Like many, Rickie’s journey to the art world started early.

Mar 21, 2025 | whnt.com | Greg Screws |Tony Cortes

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — Southerland’s Photo has been helping serious and amateur photographers for decades. It’s all thanks to an older couple who, after all these years, still have an energy and wit about them that makes them a joy to be around. The couple in question? That is, of course, Malcolm and Betsy Tarkington. “I started working as a secretary for Western Auto, and, I noticed him,” Betsy Tarkington said. “He’d come in and Friday afternoons and kind of just poke around.