Surrounded by Angels Judy Conlin With all the evil in the world, there is still a lot of love and caring. I am probably the luckiest old (Oh, I hate that word. Let’s start over). I am probably the luckiest mature little lady in the world; I have lived here for 40 years but I…
A sanctuary on wheels Nancy Kennedy Recently I read about a group of city bus drivers — all Christians — who wanted to bring the peace of Christ to their passengers. They noticed many looked troubled. They asked a local pastor what they could do. He said, “Each morning before you start your route, walk…
Rediscovering our purpose in such a time as thisSheryl Boldt Remember how excited you were when you were seven years old and your birthday was only a week away? How you couldn’t wait for your big day?Do you remember dreaming about how great it would be to be an eight-year-old?Now, decades (for some of us,…
2025 Sunbelt Ag Expo is this month There are some amazing events that happen in the month of October, and this is definitely one of them! The Sunbelt Ag Expo will be held in Moultrie, Ga. on October 14-16, 2025. They have over 4,000 different companies and exhibitors there showcasing what they sell or do…
Blountstown has won all five of their scheduled games this season and will be hosting Sneads. Patricia SmithGadsden County News Service Last week the Sneads Pirates varsity football team traveled to Liberty County for a game of football with the Bulldogs. The much-anticipated Friday night lights turned into a cloudy event of consistent rainfall that…
Janice EakinGadsden County News Service Get ready to celebrate autumn in style as PumpkinFest, Havana’s premier family festival, returns for its 25th year on Saturday, Oct.11, 2025. The beloved event, which drew more than 7,000 attendees last year, is set to transform the downtown streets into a festive autumn wonderland.This year’s festival is a silver…
Jim TurnerNews Service of Florida A state House panel Monday began a two-day review of property taxes as it looks at potential changes that could have a major impact on local governments.Gov. Ron DeSantis is pushing lawmakers to put a proposed constitutional amendment on the 2026 ballot to reduce or eliminate taxes on homesteaded properties….
Jim TurnerNews Service of Florida A more than decade-long push by business groups will pay off next week with the end of a state sales tax on commercial leases.The tax, widely known as the business rent tax, will go away Oct. 1 after 57 years as part of a wide-ranging tax package that lawmakers passed…
Who wants to end violence?Rivera Sun Charlie Kirk’s murder. School shootings in Minneapolis and Denver. Genocide in Gaza. Russia’s war in Ukraine. Violence is everywhere. It’s frightening and heartbreaking.No one likes violence. Do they?In truth, our culture sends out very mixed messages when it comes to violence. We glorify it in movies. We fantasize about…
A house dividedJudy Conlin I live in a house divided. No, it is not a political division. No, it isn’t a sports division. It’s a far more serious division because it involves everything in my life. It is the division between me and my always aggravating, argumentative and opinionated alter ego, Nurse Judy. If I’m…
