by design | Feb 12, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson
Chaos We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of Earth. Abraham Lincoln By Dr. Jim Ferguson It was December 1862 and the war was not going well for President Abraham Lincoln. Elected just two years before, he was the first president of the newly formed...
by design | Feb 12, 2024 | Columnist, Major
God’s Great Love By Ralphine Major It is often celebrated with cards and candy, special dinners, and red roses. The short month of February brings the much-anticipated Valentine’s Day holiday. Love. Songs and stories have been written about it; movies have been made...
by design | Feb 12, 2024 | Columnist, Steely
Visiting History in Calhoun and Charleston A Day Away By Mike Steely Between Athens and Cleveland, Tennessee, are two small towns that hold a world of history. Whether you’re into Cherokee or Civil War history, the adjoining towns of Calhoun and Charleston are worth a...
by design | Feb 12, 2024 | Columnist, McKeehan
What is Split Confinement? By Jedidiah McKeehan If you are charged with a crime, and you are considering pleading guilty, one of the big questions that you will want answered is how you will have to serve your sentence. Your sentence is your period of punishment for...
by design | Feb 12, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
Lighting Lives By Joe Rector With a snowfall that this area hadn’t seen in a long while and the pouring rains that followed gone, I was feeling good about the warm spell that allowed me to be outside. Then over the weekend, a call came to my wife that darkened even...
by design | Feb 12, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
Three SEC Championship Seasons to Remember By Tom Mattingly The 2024 season marks the 85th anniversary of the 10-1 1939 team, the 55th anniversary of the 9-2 1969 team, and the 35th anniversary of the 11-1 1989 team, champions all. Each of these “Boys of Fall” teams...