What was that fuss all about in 1965

Years ago in the summer of 1965, when George Wallace was governor, I was in the Lowndes County Courthouse covering the murder trial of Viola Liuzzo, the woman from Detroit who was shot by a Klansman the night “The March” ended. Every major newspaper in the known world...

Community Obituaries – 4/20

Zula Mae Williams   A funeral service for Mrs. Zula Mae Williams, 95, of Auburn was held at 1 p.m. on April 14, at Peterson and Williams Chapel with interment in Cluster Baptist Church Cemetery.  Rev. Solomon Torbert officiated. Williams passed on April 5, at...

OHS baseball defeats AHS 6-3

by D. Mark Mitchell Sports Editor The spring sports will be finishing their regular season next week. The teams are trying to win their remaining games to earn spots in the state playoffs or position themselves to win the Area tournaments to make it to the...

Why we can ‘never forget’

Next Thursday, April 19, marks National Holocaust Remembrance Day, a time when as a nation we are supposed to come together to memorialize and remember the lives of the more than six million Jews (and five million others) who died in the terrible murders enacted by...