When he was a child on a tenant farm in southwest Georgia, Karl E. Peace learned early that his parents, thankfully, were not equal in temperament or ambition. While his mother was protective and had a strong desire to learn, his father subjected him to brutal beatings and would have relegated him to a continuing [...]

BOWL OF GOOD FUN Athletes from the Albany Recreation and Parks Department’s Special Olympics program enjoyed a day of bowling at a recent tournament held at the Rose Bowl in Thomasville.

Kiwanians Dr. Larry Perkins (left) and Bob Fowler get things going on the pancake griddle at the Kiwanis Club of Dougherty County’s annual breakfast. The down-home aroma of pancakes on the large, specially-made griddle and sizzling sausage and bacon wafted tantalizingly through the air at the Kiwanis Club of Dougherty County’s annual pancake [...]

Longevity in itself is fine, but the real point of living right is the love, and Mary Bass Fitzgerald Taylor, my grandmother, is a solid example of not only a long life, but a loving one. On Nov. 8, she turned 100. To celebrate, family came from all over, some of whom I’d never met. [...]

Mike Huckabee photo credit: Bill Waller On Sunday, Sherwood Baptist Church hosted former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee. A former minister at two Baptist churches, Huckabee delivered the message on Sunday morning. His sermon was on the Christmas story. Following the sermon, Rev. Michael Catt invited Huckabee to play base guitar in the final song [...]