As I attended the Veterans Day Ceremony at the Appling County Courthouse last Saturday it occurred to me that things had really changed through the years.
Community should be proud of youth
Appling County, throughout the years, has been blessed with a number of gifted and talented children that have excelled in academics and extra curricular activities.
By now you probably have heard about the Congress passing a bailout bill that will eventually amount to more than the $700 billion bailout package requested by President Bush.
Last week this newspaper was told by several citizens (including a first-hand witness to the event) that comments had been made at a retired educators meeting, by a school official, comparing this ...
There has been an erroneous belief set forth by the Appling County Board of Education for several years now that when members of the public wish to make complaints about personnel, “public employee...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street hit levels not seen since 2003 on Wednesday, with the Dow Jones industrial average plunging below the 8,000 mark amid a dour economic outlook from the Federal Reserve and worries over the fate of Detroit's three automakers....
CHICAGO (AP) -- Associates of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday the former first lady is weighing whether to leave the Senate and become secretary of state in the Obama administration, a job they say she believes is hers if she wants it....
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader used a racial epithet to insult Barack Obama in a message posted Wednesday, describing the president-elect in demeaning terms that imply he does the bidding of whites. The message appeared chiefly aimed at persuading Muslims and Arabs that Obama does not represent a change in U.S. policies....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle has accepted President-elect Barack Obama's offer to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, Democratic officials said Wednesday. The appointment has not been announced, but these officials said the job is Daschle's, barring an unforeseen problem as Obama's team reviews the background of the South Dakota Democrat....