July 15, 2009 RSS feed / Community

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Another wall hanger

The big ones hit better at night, or just before. Bryan Cloninger of Colquitt recently caught this 9 lb., 5 oz. largemouth bass while night fishing on Lake Seminole. This isn't his first wall hanger, and hopefully isn't his last one. More...

Jesus Love Me - Senior version

submitted by W.A.Grow

While watching a little TV , I watched a church in Atlanta honoring one of its senior pastors who had been retired many, many years. He was 92 at that time and I wondered why the Church even bothered to ask the old gentleman to preach at that age. More...

Initial jobless claims rise 94.8 percent; North Georgia hit hard

ATLANTA - The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) has announced that 88,756 laid-off workers filed first-time claims for state unemployment insurance benefits in June, an increase of 94.8 percent from June of 2008. More...

Lightning hit splinters great oak tree - - - - -

by Terry Toole

The forces of nature are great, and if you heard that one large clap of thunder late Wednesday night, the photo by Crystal W. Harris shows just what lightning can do, or worse. More...

Only in America

Spread the stupidity
submitted by J Pirnie

Only in America ....... do drug stores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front. Only in America ..... More...

News Around Us

Bainbridge - Bainbridge Public Safety arrested a man suspected of attempting to forge a check at a local business, according to an investigator. At around 12:30 p.m. More...

Georgia Could Add Almost 42,000 New Jobs at No Cost to Taxpayers

Atlanta - Georgia could add almost 42,000 new jobs at no cost to taxpayers if the federal estate tax were repealed, according to an analysis released by the Georgia Public Policy Foundation. More...

Professor Gerald Grow Named 'Educator of the Year'

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Gerald Grow, Ph.D., a Florida A&M University (FAMU) journalism professor, has been named the "Educator of the Year" by the magazine division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). More...

City holds tea party patriots protest at Congressman Bishop's office to oppose government run health care

Grassroots Activists Across Nation Frustrated as Washington Moves to Impose Socialized Medicine

Albany, Georgia, July 17, 2009 (Noon Eastern - 9 a.m. More...

Two vehicle crash on SR91 So.

on SR91 by MCL staff writer

A two vehicle crash was reported Wednesday, July 8, at 4:49 p.m. The report to E911 stated that no one was injured, and the road was not closed. The dispatcher sent a sheriff's deputy to the crash scene. More...

Don't rain on my parade

submitted by Charles Keaton

Here is something to think about when negative people are doing their best to rain on your parade. Remember this story the next time someone who knows nothing (and cares less) tries to make your life miserable. More...