Across the globe, a disturbing trend is emerging: an unsettling increase in unprovoked dog attacks on humans.  What was once considered a series of isolated incidents now seems to be more frequent and concerning occurrences, leaving victims with not only physical wounds but often deep emotional trauma.  It’s a problem that demands our attention, not…

They call it progress, and in some ways, that can be a good thing, but I am not sure about it most days. In the almost 46 years I have been on this earth, it seems like things are changing faster than ever; especially in the last 20 years. I think a lot about how…

I got a text message from my Aunt Marie a few days back. She lives just outside of Nashville, Tennessee. Aunt Marie sent me a picture of a copy of one of our newspapers and she highlighted the date of the newspaper. She had written the date she received the newspaper, took a picture of…

As we continue our exploration of the Summerall family’s history in anticipation of their 70th annual gathering in Baxley, we move beyond their foundational resilience to examine their remarkable drive for enterprise and self-sufficiency in the challenging decades following emancipation. The transition from slavery to freedom was not merely a change in legal status; it…