by design | Sep 28, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
‘Big Ed’ Johnson of Colorado By Ray Hill For the better part of two decades, Edwin Carl Johnson dominated the politics of Colorado. A hulking man over six feet tall with a thick, shaggy head of hair, Johnson was fondly known as “Big Ed” to his many friends in the...
by design | Sep 22, 2025 | Columnist, Ferguson
“You have no idea what you have unleashed.” (Erika Kirk after her husband’s murder) By Dr. Jim Ferguson It is a challenge for a weekly column to be contemporaneous with current events. However, it is probably best that my immediate reaction to the monster who murdered...
by design | Sep 22, 2025 | Columnist, Pratt
Live a Life. Leave a Legacy. By Justin Pratt, Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor I, like many others, have been profoundly affected and deeply shaken by the tragic loss of Charlie Kirk. He was a man who used his platform to express his beliefs and his...
by design | Sep 22, 2025 | Columnist, Steely
Viewing nature from your car window A Day Away By Mike Steely We are so blessed to have many examples of nature in our region, from river and valley views to mountain ridges and overlooks. But not everyone likes or is able to hike along our many trails or visit those...
by design | Sep 22, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
A collision heard across the Gator Bowl By Tom Mattingly Whether they were alive in December 1966 and/or maybe attended the game, they instinctively know about the Gator Bowl that season from videotape, newspaper reports, and word of mouth in discussions that take...
by design | Sep 21, 2025 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Pure Evil By Steve Hunley The cold-blooded, premeditated and deliberate murder of Charlie Kirk is as horrific as it was heinous. The assassination of Kirk, a political activist, should send a chill down the spine of every American who believes in freedom of speech,...
