Opinion & Editorial

A frantic search for Taylor’s signature red cardigan

By Carly Henderson Around the age of 5, I heard Taylor Swift sing about a “stupid old pickup truck” someone never let her drive, and my life changed forever. She has been my top listened-to artist for 10 years (probably longer- that’s just according to Spotify).

Our View: Thumbs up, thumbs down

The Christmas holiday season can be joyful, but it can also be stressful. Trying to fit a multitude of school, work and church events into one's already tight schedule is tough.

The Real World

By Ronda Rich A few years before singing star, Glen Campbell, was forced to give up his fabled career due to illness, I spent a couple of hours listening to his stories. Actually, I was the guest of his opening act, Grand Ole Opry star Roy Clark.

Obituary, eulogy usually tell stories of the life now gone

By Phil Hudgins Being a retired newspaper guy, like other old newspaper folks, I have been asked to write obituaries for a number of people— by people who are still living but expecting to die one day. Each one was a friend, by the way. I am not advertising for business.

Our View: Libraries are essential

White County leaders were recently notified by Senator Jon Ossoff’s office that the county would receive a $500,000 grant to be used to build a new library building in Cleveland.

Sharing Thanksgiving

By Ronda Rich   At first blush, this might seem like a Christmas tale but, soon, you will see the joy of thanks giving in it.

Letter to the Editor: Thankful

When one has been to the Urgent Care facility at the Northeast Georgia Physicians Group three times in the past five months, as have I, and recently totaled my vehicle in an accident that did not injure the person whose car I hit, but was lucky that another car did not hit mine, or mine hit it, as...

Shopping local supports our local economy

Consider shopping at our local, small businesses this holiday shopping season. Across White County, independently owned stores, boutiques and galleries offer unique gifts that cannot easily be found online or in big box stores.

A world interpreted for you is no home

by Kristi Casey These words from Saint Hildegard of Bingen jumped out at me tonight: We cannot live in a world that has been interpreted for us by others. An interpreted world is not a home. Part of the terror is to take back our own listening. To use our own voice. To see our own light.

Demolishing Papa Hudgins’ barn

 by Phil Hudgins They’re tearing down Papa Hudgins’ barn. James, the engineer in the fam- ily,  made  the announcement  to  the rest of us cousins. His sister Ann and her husband Doug have propped up the barn as much as they can, he said, and it’s coming down.