Editor, The Liberty County Adoptive and Foster Parent Association would like to thank the families in our county that open their homes and hearts to help provide safe and nurturing environments for Georgia’s abused and neglected children. Read More

There’s a woman I’m looking for. Perhaps you know where she is. If you do, please help me find her again. Read More

Editor,, I would like to take this opportunity to discuss something important. Read More

I’ve noticed a recurring question as I talk to people about Congress. What can be done, they wonder, to get Congress back on track? Is our national legislature capable of serious policy making? Read More

Since she started day care six weeks ago, my little girl hasn’t had an easy go of it. Having stayed at home with one parent or another the entire first year of her life, Reese’s immune system hasn’t built up much resistance, and she seems to pick up every bug, virus, flu and cold within a 5-mile radius. Read More

Good neighbors come in many shapes, sizes and forms. However, they are similar in these ways: they care about their community and their neighbors, and they take pride in their home and yards and in their neighborhoods and in their community. Read More

For some, July 8, 2010, was a momentous day in the state of Georgia — but not for a good reason. Read More

Editor, Webster’s defines success as the satisfactory completion of something. The board of directors of Seven Ministries of Liberty County Inc. defines that successful something as the community coming together to support the third annual Jackie Gilliard-Henderson Memorial Scholarship Walk-a-Thon — and what a success it was. Read More

Sixty-nine years ago last Thursday, Allied forces stormed the heavily fortified beaches of Normandy. Through their courage and sacrifice, they cut a foothold in Northern France and began a march that culminated in victory. Read More

I have said it before, but let me repeat: I have no problem with charter schools. I did have a big problem with the ham-handed way last November’s charter-school referendum was rammed through by proponents. Read More

Identity theft continues to be a real problem in the United States — and our senior population is at extreme risk.   Read More

Boy, some politicians are thin-skinned. If a politician does not want to be held to a high standard, he or she shouldn’t run for office. Mayor Pro-Tem Curtes Roberts and Councilman Levern Clancey Jr. got their feathers all ruffled because I took them to task for walking out of a city council meeting rather than doing their duty. Oh well, I guess they wrote their letters to the editor to make a good impression with ... Read More

Creating an attractive Liberty County is good for all of us who live here. Read More

Georgia’s citizens have been kept in the dark regarding two troubling occurrences related to the ongoing update of the Jekyll Island State Park Master Plan: Read More

What was thought by many, especially on the left, to be domestic overreach by the George W. Bush administration in the name of national security now appears to be standard practice under the Obama administration. Read More

Charlie Tinker, according to his diary, was feeling poorly on the morning of April 15, 1865. He had left the office April 12 and gone home to bed. A doctor visited and said he must stay in bed since he had an intermittent fever. Read More

I’m a bit old-fashioned when it comes to values. Now, mind you, I’m not talking about politics here; I try to steer clear of hot-button issues when it comes to this column. However, I could see how the two could become easily confused or even intertwined. Read More

The more we learn about the Internal Revenue Service targeting groups based on their ideologies, the more chilling the case becomes. Read More

Recently, I have been thinking quite a bit about my late father, John Riddle. Read More

Well, boys and girls, I see by the old clock on the wall that it is June already. We know what that means. It is time for Answer Man to dig into the question box and see what is on your hearts and minds and assorted body parts. Read More

Most community newspapers are small, although there are two or three larger ones that contain pictures of my show calves and me. All of them are slightly yellowed and somewhat worn by the weight of many years. Read More

Dear God: Read More