The American Red Cross calls on donors to give blood now to maintain a steady national blood supply. Type O blood donors are especially key to keeping critical blood products on hospital shelves into ...

Saturday’s Summer 2025 Youth Empowerment Conference at the Valley Community Center drew more than 145 participants, most of whom were youth between four and 22 years old. Youth and the adults working ...

Our denominational publishing house contacted me last year after a writer had to drop out of an assignment. The editor asked if I could write guidelines for teachers to go along with the curriculum.

Born in Indianapolis, IN, Teresa Booker-Woody spent most summers visiting relatives in Lanett. She decided to move to the ...

I have noticed and read experts who say those in their 20s through 40s are hungry for mentors. Some are obsessed to find someone to guide them, to teach them, and to train them. There is much to ...

Cynthia Lloyd has lived in a house in the Lanett mill village for more than 30 years. She’s raised a family in that house on ...

Kenneth Smith is running for the Lanett City Council’s District 4 seat. Smith is a local entrepreneur and family man who ...

A total of 36 local youngsters took part in this summer’s Junior Police Academy at Valley Community Center. Morning sessions ...

The imagery and symbolism of these [Confederate monuments) … represent systematic injustice, persecution and cruelty.”- former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Bottoms In 2019, Georgia’s General Assembly passed a ...

Several years ago, I wrote a column critical of Jeffrey Epstein getting a lenient deal in his original sentencing. I got angry replies, including someone in politics who informed me how ignorant I was ...