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Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: Cheers to Carmichaels softball pitcher Bailey Barnyak for reaching a career milestone in the Lady Mikes' 9-1 win over visiting West Greene last Friday. Barnyak struck out 14 batters in the game, including freshman Katie Brudnock in the third inning for No. 500 of her career. As ...

Editorial: Ditch the distraction

Drivers of a certain age might recall the days before cellphones encroached on our lives. It was an era free from constant communication with spouses, friends, co-workers and bosses. No text messages, no emails, no phone calls. No calendar alerts pinging reminders of forgotten ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: High-fives to the Titanium Titans Robotics Team, whose members will be traveling to Houston, Texas, next week to participate in the FIRST Championship, a global competition for high school robotics teams. Fresh off an award-winning regional showing last week in Tennessee with its ...

Orange cone season is nigh. It’s time for work crews to fill potholes, resurface roads and complete a litany of other repair and improvement projects. It’s also time for drivers to sit and wait. Although the delays may feel frustrating, motorists need to keep in mind that the work is ...

Governing in the spirit of Roosevelt

In his own Gettysburg address - this in 1939 - President Franklin Roosevelt said, "It seldom helps to wonder how a statesman of one generation would surmount the crisis of another. A statesman deals with concrete difficulties - with things which must be done day to day." Of course, FDR likely ...

The Trump redo: ‘I do solemnly swear’

Donald Trump will appear outside the Capitol on Monday when, around noon, he will swear allegiance to the Constitution for a second time. The last time he spoke in the open air in Washington, D.C., was Jan. 6, 2021. On that occasion, he implicitly denied the presidential oath's clear directive ...