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J Ah, chronic absenteeism—a term that sounds like a fancy medical diagnosis but is actually just a polite way of saying, “Hey, where is everyone?” Picture this: kids missing 10%…

P Show me a theater that doesn’t have at least one good ghost story, and I’ll show you a cemetery without any graves. Lambert Playhouse is just one of those…

D  “Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine.” – Humphrey Bogart in “Casablanca.” I am perturbed by the recent rash…

D I am tired of being asked to fill out a survey every time I spend a little money, even for a Snickers bar. Well, it hasn’t gotten that bad,…

K I recently had a dream that my husband and I had been separated from our children and no matter how hard we tried we couldn’t get to where they…

J A proposed roof for Coffee County Lannom Library was moved forward during the Oct. 2 meeting of the Capital Outlay Committee.   Capital Outlay Chairman Terry Hershman said that the…

DUANE SHERRILLEditor Destiny Holmes, cofounder of the Garden Youth Outreach, raised the alarm during the recent board of mayor and aldermen meeting about the state of Jefferson Street Park. The…

L Most of us remember a parent at the dinner table saying “sit up straight”, “don’t talk with your mouth full”, “keep your elbows off the table” and “stop kicking…

L Local businessman Ernie Hobbs has a side gig and it’s sweet. In addition to his work as owner of Tennessee Homes, Hobbs is one of as many as twelve…