Columns
Chief Mike Tracy: What the Resume Doesn’t Tell You
By: Tracy K. Hall At the age of 12, a young Mike Tracy was tasked with fetching milk ...
Columns
Part 4: An Americus Lynching: Remembering and Commemorating
By: Evan A. Kutzler evan.kutzler@gsw.edu Daniel Stallings. William Barrow. William Redding. The violence on June 21, 1913, ...
Columns
“Very Relieved that the Primaries are Over”, Pres. Carter Earns 1980 Delegate Majority
By: D. Jason Berggren Note: D. Jason Berggren is an associate professor of political science at Georgia Southwestern ...
Columns
Part 3: An Americus lynching: The lost counternarrative
By: Evan Kutzler evan.kutzler@gsw.edu Vagrant. Drunk. Killer. These images became central to the dominant white narrative in ...
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Part 2: An Americus lynching. The law of Cotton Avenue.
By: Evan A. Kutzler evan.kutzler@gsw.edu The arrests on Cotton Avenue were designed to be visible. On Wednesday, ...
Columns
An Americus Lynching: Part 1: Facing South on Cotton Avenue
Evan A. Kutzler June 7, 2020 Evan.kutzler@gsw.edu Daniel Stallings, his wife, Maggie, and his stepson, Charles, offer ...
Columns
Except D.C., Carter Victorious in May, “We Won All the Elections”
By: Jason Berggren Note: D. Jason Berggren is an associate professor of political science at Georgia Southwestern State ...
Columns
The Sumter County Oral History Project: A Past, a Present, and a Prospectus
By: Evan A. Kutzler In February 2016, while driving to an environmental history symposium sponsored by the Historic ...
Columns
The Conscript and the Freedom Fighter
By: Evan Kutzler evan.kutzler@gsw.edu On October 10, 2018, as Hurricane Michael neared shore, I drove to Andersonville ...
Columns
Friendly advice on working from home
By: Tracy K. Hall ATR I have done it. It is hard. Working from home is a special ...
Columns
Love’s Redeeming Work Is Done
By: Tracy K. Hall ATR “Christ the Lord has risen today, Alleluia! Sons of men and angels say, ...
Columns
Promises Made, Promises Kept: How First Responders Are Serving Us
BY: Tracy K. Hall Life has been different for us in many ways over the past weeks. While ...
Columns
Tracy K. Hall for the ATR: Funerals, what to expect in a pandemic
By: Tracy K. Hall How does the Coronavirus effect funeral rituals? Greg Hancock, the Sumter County Coroner as ...
Columns
Joni Woolf for the ATR: Living in the downtime
Last week’s food column was entitled “Cooking in the Down Time,” and we talked about simple recipes that ...
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Lost and Found on Elm Avenue
Evan Kutzler Evan.kutzler@gsw.edu Artifacts—the physical remains of the past—are everywhere. Often an object’s significance to a human ...
Columns
On Kennedy’s Home Court, Pres. Carter Scores Win in New Hampshire
By: D. Jason Berggren Note: D. Jason Berggren is an associate professor of political science at Georgia Southwestern ...
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In “Vote of Confidence”, Carter Whips Kennedy in Iowa
By: D. Jason Berggren Note: D. Jason Berggren is an associate professor of political science at Georgia Southwestern ...
Columns
Play it again Sam
By: Leila Case We were in our favorite seats at the historic Rylander Theatre for last Friday night’s ...
Columns
She said “Yes” to his question
By: Leila Case Americus dance teacher Hannah Ricketts, owner of Fabulous Feet Dance Studio, received the surprise of ...
Local News
Leila Case: Gatewood’s Flower Shop continues to bloom at 75
Congratulations to Gatewood’s Flower Shop on its 75th anniversary. The family-owned retail floral business has provided the citizens ...
Opinion
Keith Wishum: Doing the small things is critical
Would you like to make more money? Would you like a higher-level job? Here’s your ticket to greater ...
Opinion
Our opinion: National Newspaper Week commemorates community institution
Oct. 6-12 is National Newspaper Week. While we should all be thankful for this community newspaper, the Americus ...
Opinion
Your opinion: 10-5-19
An investment Sumter can’t refuse The Americus Solar farm project in our county can represent the lion’s share ...
Opinion
Dick Yarbrough: If you want to talk impeachment, you’d better hurry
If you are up to your gullet with all the mudslinging in Washington, you have come to the ...
Opinion
Our opinions: 10-2-19
Good news abounds locally Despite the sad news of the world, and even some here in Americus, there ...
Local News
Nancy Young: 9-28-19
Schley board of health holds quarterly meeting The Schley County Health Department held their quarterly meeting on Sept. ...
Opinion
Joni Woolf: Simple suppers for easy evening meals
Recently my daughter who lives up the hill brought me a nice serving of Shepherd’s Pie for dinner. ...
Local News
Leila Case: Motown and R&B plus a Dawg win make us happy
Rylander Theatre director Heather Stanley and the Friends of the Rylander organization brought Americus and the surrounding area ...
SportsPlus
Grizzlies vs. Hawks Prediction & Picks: Line, Spread, Over/Under – March 3
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March 3 NHL TV Schedule: TV Channel, Start Times & Live Streaming Options
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How to Watch Top 25 College Basketball Games – Tuesday, March 4
Top-25 teams will take the court across two games on Monday’s college basketball schedule. That includes the Wake…
Best Bets for NCAA Basketball Picks Against the Spread for Monday, March 3
In one of the many exciting matchups on the college basketball schedule on Monday, the McNeese Cowboys and…
