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By Jeremy Elrod Correspondent They’re our friends, neighbors, people we give a smiling glance to as we pass in the supermarket or share the pews with on Sunday morning. They appear as average people who mow their lawns, take out their trash and hold the uncanny ability to tell a good story or joke, but, just as the old saying goes, don’t ... [Full Story »] 

Georgia was still a young colony when the Declaration of Independence was signed. Founded in 1733 in Savannah, she was only 43 years old at the time. The number of native-born Georgians was small. That is why none of the three signers of the Declaration of Independence from Georgia were natives. One was actually born in England. George Walton ... [Full Story »] 

Madison County hosts paintball war From the outside, it might have looked like someone was staging World War III off Neese Commerce Road recently, as people arrived geared up in various military style outfits and weaponry. It wasn’t an assault on Danielsville that brought out over 100 people armed to the teeth, but rather the summer’s big ... [Full Story »] 

A Colbert man was arrested recently after allegedly trying to forge a prescription for narcotics at Fred’s in Colbert. Wesley Truitt Adams, 33, 2285 Diamond Hill Colbert Road, was arrested and charged with forgery in the first degree and obtainingor attempting to obtain dangerous drugs by fraud, forgery or concealment. According to the ... [Full Story »]