Once again, it has happened in plain daylight. A mentally sick barbarian laid his paws on military-grade instruments of war, and he went to war against innocent people. Recently, it was Black people because they were Black, I assume. This time, it was children because they were children or defensele...

(NOTE: The following Country Editor column was written by the late Sammy J. Franklin on September 11, 1996, prior to the 1996 Congressional election for the Fifth District. In memory of Dr. John Cooksey, who won the seat during that election and died over the weekend, we’re reprinting this editorial...

Here we are in the middle of the year and the middle of the heat that seems more unrelenting every year. We ought to be used to the heat and humidity, or at least I should be, for I have lived in it all my life. It never gets easier, and I am ever so thankful to the guy who invented air conditioning...

(EDITOR’S NOTE: The following Country Editor article appeared in the August 26, 2020 issue of this newspaper by the late Publisher/Editor Sammy J. Fra...

It is the honor of a lifetime to be your Congresswoman and represent the people of the Fifth District in the U.S. House of Representatives. It is a re...

History is filled with accounts of brave soldiers who gave the ultimate sacrifice in defense of our nation. Countless stories, some recorded and some ...