Local Hero – Protecting Our Best Friends

Alisa Johnson is one of those people who believes her dogs can see into [her] soul. So it was heartbreaking when she and her husband, Shawn, received orders from the U.S. Marine Corps to relocate to a base in Quantico, Virginia, where dogs and other pets were not allowed. “We didn’t really have an option…

Marine Corps veteran Adam Carter, a Hometown Hero

For 26-year-old Adam Carter of Lubbock, military blood runs deep through his veins. “My grandfather, he was in the Air Force. I had a cousin, he had just gone into the Air Force, my father was in the Navy,” said Carter. But Carter decided to join the Marine Corps instead.  “It’s something I wanted to…