Rich: A little girl’s smile

It had not been a good day. Nor a good week. Nor a good month. Or two. Here’s the thing about the television business: It looks easy but few jobs are harder. Working in television can be rougher than the hottest day in a hay field. And much less rewarding.

Remembering the good who die too young

On Sept. 13, 2008, we got a call while at St. Simons that our grandson, Zachary Earl Wansley, had collapsed and died during a training run while preparing for the Atlanta Marathon.Zack was the epitome of a scholar-athlete.

CRANE: There’s a new speaker in town

State Representative Jon Burns(R-District 159) of Newington in Effingham County, is not new to the State House, having joined the body in 2005. Nor is he new to leadership, having served as GOP House Majority Leader since 2015.

CRANE: At times we need uncomfortable truths

By the late 1970s, the famed, nearly 50-foot tall Cyclorama painting of the Battle of Atlanta during the Civil War was moldy, wet and rotting in places, slowly making its way toward a landfill somewhere.

YARBROUGH: Happy birthday to a special ‘seminary of learning’

The year was 1785. Thirteen states composed the Confederation Congress. Thomas Jefferson was appointed U.S. Minister to France and John Adams, U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom.

Letters to the editor: Getting brighter every day

Dear Editor: I am writing this letter on a very special day, Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday. He had a powerful dream, a dream that involves each and every one of us. For a while, that dream was shattered into pieces, but now we are uniting and light is forming again into that beautiful dream.

ADAIR: Echoes of Georgia’s past on national stage

This offering represents a history lesson, not so much as a roadmap pointing to a particular destination in the future but as echoes that bear hearing.

Williams sworn in as District 25 state senator

Milledgeville resident Rick Williams was sworn in Jan. 9, to officially begin a two-year term in the Georgia state senate after winning the District 25 seat last November.

Happy New Year, everyone!

Well, we made it. 2022 is behind us and some of us are shaking our heads and wondering what hit us. Others are busy posting on social media the new year, new me BS! Let’s get real… My only resolutions have to do with catching more fish. This past year I got to live out some of my lifelong dreams.

YARBROUGH: Knock! Knock!

“Who’s there?” “It’s 2023. May I come in? It’s a bit cold out here. All I’m wearing is a sash and some Huggies!” “Please do. I’m glad to see you but aren’t you supposed to be getting ready for, well, uh, the new year?” “That’s what I wanted to talk to you about.