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Tell it True blends fact with fiction

Tell it True blends fact with fiction

Tell it True blends fact with fiction

Tuesday evening in downtown Eatonton (Oct. 11), the Georgia Writers Museum will host a “Meet the Author” session with John Pruitt, who will discuss his first book, Tell it True, A Novel.

Be proud of people visiting us

Dear Editor, I am back and nosy as ever. Oops! I forgot I am not supposed to use that word. I am concerned. Right? Anyway, I have experienced a week of sadness and gladness. First, I think of the people in Florida and other coastal areas enduring the hardships of the storm.
Preserving Georgia’s business reputation

Preserving Georgia’s business reputation

Preserving Georgia’s business reputation

It’s good to see Georgia on an economic upswing again. The state’s economy grew by 10.4 percent last year, according to the World Bank, after contracting the previous year.

Exercise your right to vote

Dear Editor, If you are totally “out to lunch” these days, you may not have noticed that we are at the tipping point of losing our great country of the United States of America.

Campaign signs removed

Dear Editor, I have noticed virtually all of the Herschel Walker for Senate signs that were displayed in the New Phoenix Road and Sparta Highway area are missing. I presumed they have been removed, either by souvenir seekers or more likely by people opposed to Mr. Walker’s candidacy.
Dick Yarbrough Columnist

Dick Yarbrough Columnist

Appreciating the value of local newspapers

I recall a BellSouth officers conference years ago, in which we spent several days wrestling with the problems we were facing in the marketplace. At one point, one of my colleagues said with exasperation, “This is a tough business!” to which our CEO John Clendenin shot back, “Name me one that isn’t!
Bill Crane One Man’s Opinion

Bill Crane One Man’s Opinion

In the home stretch

Mid-term election cycles tend to not favor the party in power in the White House. True to form, President Joe Biden and the Democratic majority in the U.S. House and a tied balance in the U.S.
Ronda Rich Dixie Divas

Ronda Rich Dixie Divas

An SEC fan

Often when traveling, if someone learns that I’m from Georgia, they will ask, “You’re a Georgia Bulldogs fan?” I reply – this is the unvarnished truth – “I’m an SEC fan. I pull for all the SEC schools and, truth be told, I have a special spot for Kentucky and Vanderbilt during football season.

Letters to the Editor

Dear editor: It just keeps happening. Our Briar Patch community continues to connect through the arts. The opening reception of Dual Visions at Barrell 118 (Sept.