Bessemer man follows advice to healthy living

BESSEMER — Louis Miskovich’s grandpa said Louis should be a barber, not only because the city of Bessemer needed a barber after the last one retired, but also because Miskovich has the gift for gab.

Miskovich listened closely and set to becoming a barber, using his GI Bill to learn the trade and opened up a shop in the Bessemer Commons.

Unfortunately, Miskovich’s dad took ill with cancer and died during this process. But before dying, and only after receiving his last half dozen hair cuts from his son, Louis Miskovich Sr. asked his son to seek therapy for post traumatic stress, as h...