by Steve Williams | Mar 16, 2020 | Columnist, Williams
Did we get it right? By Steve Williams “I think the media are blowing this way out of proportion and are frightening a lot of people unnecessarily.” Those were the words of Dr. Jerry Punch, longtime ESPN sports broadcaster who now makes his home in this area and is a...
by Ralphine Major | Mar 16, 2020 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major No fans? What is March Madness without fans! It has never happened before. The long-awaited basketball tournament games will be played this year with no fans in the stands. The unprecedented move is a testament to the seriousness of the...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Mar 16, 2020 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan A courthouse is an interesting place. There are people from all walks of life there. You see people there in dress suits, and you see people there in jumpsuits. You may be unfamiliar with the attire that is worn to court because you are someone...
by Joe Rector | Mar 16, 2020 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector As of a few days ago, Elizabeth Warren ended her bid to become the Democratic nominee for president. Except for Tulsi Gabbard, who hangs on with a whopping 1 delegate won from the primary in America Samoa, the surviving candidates are two old white men,...
by Ray Hill | Mar 15, 2020 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Andrew Jackson once said, “A man who is born and reared among this people deserves but little credit for being a soldier and a gentleman, for he can’t help it.” That description fit William Brimage Bate. Bate had certainly lived a full life and had been...
by Joe Rector | Mar 9, 2020 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Amy and I recently attended the funeral of a long-time church friend. Herb Allender was a 98-year-old World War II fighter pilot. He’d served his family, community, and God well for all those years. A standing-room only crowd arrived to honor Herb and to...
