by Monty Self | Oct 30, 2020 | Feature-, Opinion
Nonessential businesses and churches forced to close. Countless students unable to attend school. Public gatherings, including sporting events, restricted to small numbers or not allowed. Face mask mandates enacted. This describes the situation in 1918 as accurately...
by Tony Cartledge | Oct 28, 2020 | Opinion
Hallowe’en won’t be the same this year, much to the chagrin of many costume-wearing children and pillowcase-toting teens. With COVID-19 still lurking and positive cases spiking again, some towns are banning all trick-or-treating, including church-sponsored...
by Monty Self | Sep 30, 2020 | Opinion
Half (51%) of U.S. adults say they are likely to get a COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available, according to a recent Pew Research Center poll. This is a more than 20-point drop from the same survey done in May, when 72% of Americans said they definitely or...
by Monty Self | Sep 24, 2020 | Opinion
A whistleblower complaint was filed against immigration officials at the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Georgia, according to a Sept. 14 Associated Press report. Dawn Wooten, a former nurse at the facility, asserts in the complaint that women were receiving...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Sep 14, 2020 | News
Half of all U.S. adults are “extremely concerned” or “concerned” about bankruptcy resulting from medical costs associated with a major health event, according to a Gallup report published Sept. 1. This is a five-point increase from 2019, with female concern increasing...
