It all began when Heather Patton Reyda was a teenager at Bearden High School in the early 1980s. Friends were using and overdosing on crack cocaine. The cocaine epidemic was …
SCAN founder has died
Berle L. Arnold, 87, of Halls, died Sept. 27, 2020, after a lifetime of service to his country and community.
He was preceded in death by his wife of over 60 …
Jeff Bagwell: He knows the business
He’ll answer to “Bags.”
He is Jeffrey Douglas Bagwell – or Capt. Jeff Bagwell. For the last five years Bags has been the Public Information Officer (PIO) and public face of …
Cars, cars, cars at Ray Varner Ford
What is it about boys and cars?
The side lot at Ray Varner Ford was packed Saturday with cars, mostly Mustangs, and guys. There were old guys with gray beards, little …
Townehomes at Beaver Brook: Jacobs should step up
Earle Harrah and Joanne Lett say potential expansion of the Townehomes at Beaver Brook will fill in a wetland, hurting wildlife and increasing flooding.
Harrah is an IT project manager who …
Free Flu Shot Saturday is this week
With COVID-19 cases rising here and the flu season just around the corner, Saturday’s 28th annual Free Flu Shot Saturday, Sept. 19, becomes even more critical in 2020. The medical …
Bounds is clear choice for District 16 primary
The Republican Primary election for District 16 state representative took a nasty turn when a mailer pictured Patti Bounds with Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton and said Bounds wants to …
Woman will claim District 16 House seat
The first mailer from a pro-voucher “outside” group this season landed in the mailboxes of likely Republican District 16 state House voters last week. It was not friendly to career …