Did you know unintentional injury is a leading cause of death among children and adolescents in America with firearms being the leading injury method? Tragically the incidents occur from children having easy access to guns that are not securely locked up and out of their reach. Safety courses provide special training that can help teach…
Twenty students graduated from the Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program at Chattahoochee Elementary School last week. Deputy Jamica Barfield, the school’s resource officer who taught the course, oversaw the graduation ceremony Friday, February 9. After more than a decade hiatus, Chattahoochee Elementary was the first school in the district to relaunch the program in December…
This month makes one year I’ve been the editor. I took on this role unexpectedly, with one day of training, so the last 12 months have been filled with trial and error…a lot of errors. While in this role, I’ve been taking notes each month about what I can do to improve the paper. One…
The Flock Safety Program has come to Quincy. No, it has nothing to do with birds. The program consists of cameras watching traffic coming in and out of Quincy. This is one of the latest tools Quincy Police Department is using to help them keep the crime rate low. Last year, Quincy purchased six new…
In an age where America’s political divide is increasingly mirrored in the media consumption habits of its citizens, the local media landscape offers a glimpse of hope. National news outlets, often seen through a partisan lens, contrast with the more trusted local media. A survey conducted by PRFire.com, involving 3,000 participants, reveals a complex yet…
A few weeks ago I interviewed the executive director at the Sanctuary Mission, a place where broken lives are restored. For some, it’s a place of last resort. Many come from weeks or months of living on the street. Most suffer from various addictions. The director, Joe, went there years ago for restoration. I wrote…
When I was a little girl one of my favorite things was to sit in my grandfather’s lap while he read a book to me. The first time he read The Big Red Apple to me was very special and I fell in love with the story so much he ended up reading it to…
To the editor, The delayed federal farm bill should include increased public funding for cultivated-meat research. For those who aren’t familiar with the term, cultivated meat is grown from livestock cells, without slaughter. It has the potential to dramatically reduce the suffering we inflict on animals, as well as our greenhouse-gas emissions and pandemic risk….
Editor’s note: This letter to the editor was submitted for the Nov. 09 edition of The Havana Herald but was not published due to an editor’s error. Dear editor, Serving the Country was a duty I did not hesitate to accept. It was an honor to contribute to making the Country safe for my family,…
You wouldn’t think that a barber school would be a hotbed of scams and schemes, but apparently it can be. A barber school in a southern state was caught defrauding the Department of Veterans Affairs by stealing money from veterans’ education benefits. The Post-9/11 GI Bill program pays schools directly to cover the tuition and…
