Opinion & Editorial

OUR VIEW: Standing with the Survivors

When circumstances demand that a community confront the reality of abuse, silence isn’t an option. We know that speaking up isn’t easy. But we also know that there are people and organizations that can help. And there is hope.

Our View: Honoring them with respect and honesty

War is one of humanity’s oldest and most appalling tragedies — a horrifying, ancient ritual too often mistaken for a pageant of glory and heroism. Yes, there are heroes of the greatest kind who emerge during war, men and women who deserve our praise and respect.

Career Day: fake news and Superman’s day job

Hold the presses: Mrs. Wolf loves to cook, and her favorite color is green!

Baseball nerd gets winning hit with book on ‘Big Cat’

Jerry Grillo is a self-confessed baseball nerd. Born in New York, he moved South as a young child and was about 12 years old when he started memorizing players’ hitting averages, the teams they played for, the juicy stories about their extra-game activities.

Our View: Help meets hope and hustle

Last Thursday in Cleveland, two special events took place less than a mile apart. These events were strikingly different in tone and attendance. And yet, each event was vital in their service to White County.

Two wagons and one long road

I spotted Tom, Ruth, and Zacchaeus in a Helen parking lot on a luminous April morning when the little city was stippled with marathon runners and Easter colors and spring traditions.

Time passes but scars remain

"Time heals,” they say. Maybe. Maybe not. It’s been more than 3,500 days since I watched the state trooper spray orange fluorescent paint on the black asphalt. And chills still cascade down my spine.

YOUR LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Giving thanks   To the Editor: Special thanks for another successful Community Thanksgiving Gathering (Dinner)! Words of thanks to the community, family and friends for making this another successful year! We come together every year the Sunday before Thanksgiving.

From the Desk of Phil Hudgins: Robert Williams knows good newspapering and barbecue

Every profession has its standouts, those who set the standard in their field. Robert Williams is one of those people in journalism. Robert owned several weekly newspapers, mostly in South Georgia, for about 55 years. I’ve known him for more than half of that time.

YOUR LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

What could go wrong?   To the Editor: I was born in 1940 and grew up in a Georgia much closer in spirit to the 1840s than the Georgia of today. My grandparents had no running water,  and when they finally did get a phone it was a party line. There was no Lake Lanier.