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The Hull Volunteer Fire Department will soon get a new fire truck. The department is seeking a 2009 model truck that features a six-person cab and a 1,500-gallon-per-minute pump, which is larger that any of the department’s current truck pumps. The department has $75,000 saved for a down payment. County commissioners agreed Monday to assist ... [Full Story »] 

A Hull couple was arrested recently after officers executed a search warrant at their Planter Gunnell Road home. Brian K. Moore, 33, and Rebecca A. Tatum, 30, both of 1008 Planter Gunnell Road, were each charged with one count of illegal possession of a controlled substance. According to the incident report, Madison County deputy Scott Pulliam ... [Full Story »] 

Dear Editor: After being drug down by the recent passing of the venomous health care bill, I was even more appalled yesterday. I see that Hugo Chavez, the American enemy and hater of this country, has arrived in Danielsville. I know the last gas station in town, going north on Hwy. 29, has been many different types of gas stations. Now, I see ... [Full Story »] 

There’s been a lot of bad poetry written about spring. And I’ve contributed paper scraps to the great compost heap of odes to daffodils and redbirds, words that don’t really fly. But I think we all understand the inspiration, the reason we want to celebrate when birds arrive and the frogs call out from the creek. There is that first ... [Full Story »] 

When you approach the old Madison County Courthouse in Danielsville from the south, you will see a marble statue next to the building. Do you have any idea who it is and why it is there? It is a replica of one of the two statues that represents Georgia in our national capital. It is of Doctor Crawford W. Long. Dr. Long, the most celebrated ... [Full Story »] 

The Mother’s Day card is yellowed with age but its message is still clear. Forty years or so ago, a little girl gave it to her Aunt Syble, the woman who lovingly cared for her while her mother worked. Handwritten inside is “to my second mother.” It was heartwarming to find out that my great aunt, Syble Allen, of Madison County, had kept ... [Full Story »]