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OLD SPORTS DUDE: Career highway has many road signs along way

By Austin Bishop | Special to the Appeal, READ MORE > 1,608 Reads
On Wed, 01/20/2021 - 05:00 AM

Most of us who have managed to put together a career have a laundry list of people to thank, or blame, according to how you look at it.

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Brent Maze: Doesn’t take much to run for office

By Brent Maze, READ MORE > 1,731 Reads
On Tue, 01/19/2021 - 11:24 AM

When I was doing my homework to see who all is qualified to run for public office in our local communities, it became apparent that it doesn’t take much to run for office.

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Travis Todd

Guest Columnist: Our State of the U.N.I.O.N.

By Travis Todd, READ MORE > 1,635 Reads
On Tue, 01/19/2021 - 11:24 AM

We are entering a new year with a new President coming into office during one of our Nation’s most trying times in over a century. We look forward in hope and fear with anticipation and trepidation in equal measure. There is much that has happened throughout our history and more still to come.

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Our Opinion: 15 years of excellence for Brees

By Jack Ryan, READ MORE > 1,653 Reads
On Tue, 01/19/2021 - 11:24 AM

If, as it seems likely, Sunday’s playoff loss to Tampa Bay was the final game of Drew Brees’ 20-year career, it was an inglorious way for the New Orleans Saints quarterback to leave the NFL stage.

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Unacceptable in our democracy

By Jack Ryan, Enterprise-Journal, READ MORE > 3,207 Reads
On Thu, 01/07/2021 - 09:46 AM

Everyone understands that President Donald Trump’s most passionate supporters believe that election fraud in several states cost him a second term in office. But after a bunch of them burst into the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, the question to ask is why they did it.

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Editorial: Polio and Covid

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On Fri, 01/01/2021 - 10:27 AM

The biggest question about the coronavirus vaccines that are in the early stage of distribution is whether they will work as advertised.

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No simple answers in Taylor case

By Brent Maze, READ MORE > 15,148 Reads
On Tue, 09/29/2020 - 03:21 PM

Before you hit the comment button, please read the whole column first.

We watched the conclusion of the Breonna Taylor investigation, as Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced his findings this week. The thing that I’ve begun to realize is that there was a crime committed, but it’s not the one that everyone thinks of.

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Our Opinion: Supreme Court history lesson

By From staff reports, READ MORE > 13,504 Reads
On Tue, 09/29/2020 - 02:47 PM

Most Republicans are overlooking the amusing degree of hypocrisy in the decision to fill the Supreme Court vacancy at the end of a presidential term.

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The unusual election of 2020

By Brent Maze, READ MORE > 19,441 Reads
On Tue, 09/22/2020 - 03:54 PM

By now, all of our local municipalities have passed budgets for the upcoming year. And the way sales taxes have gone for most areas, cities may have to look for other sources of funding.

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Our Opinion: Such a sad situation

By From staff reports, READ MORE > 27,583 Reads
On Tue, 09/15/2020 - 12:31 PM

Last week, Newton County was shocked as a woman was allegedly kidnapped and murdered, according to the Newton County Sheriff Joedy Pennington.

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