Crane: This is only a test

This is a test ... this is ONLY a test ...Followed by a series of sharp, pitching squeaks and clicks on your typically AM radio dial.This was a weekly test of the Emergency Broadcast System (EBS).

Yarbrough: Looking at some monkey business in Bainbridge

Today, dear readers, let us turn our attention to some serious monkey business currently taking place in the Great State of Georgia. And, no, I’m not talking about stolen elections and fake electors. I’m talking about monkeys.Real, live monkeys.

Rich: Tellers of songs - part two

In 1949, a young North Carolina preacher decided to take his ministry to the streets of Los Angeles where he and his staff pitched a tent and waited for the people to come.A few did.Billy Graham had prayed that the Lord would provide a larger congregation.

Yarbrough: Another official reason to love this great state

By the time you read this, cornbread may be Georgia’s official state bread. It has been a long time coming and it might not have happened except for the herculean efforts of state Rep.

Rich: Tellers of songs - part one

Those who write songs are my favorite storytellers.In roughly three minutes, they can wrap your heart up and tie it in a pretty bow. Or, they can write of a baby that was born, then carry you down through his long life until his pinewood box is lowered six feet into the ground. In three minutes.

Yarbrough: Some random thoughts on random subjects

How’s this for unbridled hypocrisy? Fani Willis, who is prosecuting Donald Trump and others for election fraud, said when running for the job as Fulton County district attorney that she would not date any of her subordinates.

Crane: Celebrating Georgia Day

Barbara Ann Stanley Overton, age 79, of Greensboro, Georgia passed away on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024, at her home with her family. It was founded on Feb.

Rich: The Singer sewing machine

Mama loved to sew and was remarkably gifted at it. She had the mountain people's common sense which allowed her to decipher the most complicated situations.When I was four, I admired a dress in the window of a local department store.

Yarbrough: Reflecting on the loss of three heroes

Dear, Sgt. William Jerome Rivers, 46, of Carrollton, Georgia; Spc. Kennedy Ladon Sanders, 24, of Waycross, Georgia, and Spc. Breonna Alexsondria Moffett, 23, of Savannah, Georgia, I did not know you personally and the likelihood is that our paths might never have crossed. That does not matter.

Letter to the Editor: A love letter to Milledgeville

Dear Milledgeville, this is a love letter. To the place that has watched me grow into a mature adult, to the place that has changed me into the best version of myself. I have grown to cherish even the little things about you over these four years.