For the fifth consecutive year The Champion in its division won first place in General Excellence, the highest award in Georgia Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest. The Champion also garnered eight first-place awards in this year’s press association competition. They are: News Editor Andrew Cauthen for Hard News Writing and for Serious Column, Chief Operating [...]

  After more than a quarter of a century in the computer business, Marcia Perez decided she was ready to try something a bit more fun. Wine making is a family hobby that she and her husband, Gerald, decided could be parlayed into a business. The result is Wine Workshop and Brew Center, which opened [...]

  Of the more than 100 million young men who have joined since Boy Scouts of America was founded in 1910, slightly more than 2 percent have reached the organization’s highest rank—Eagle Scout. Franklin Habit III, a junior at Lakeside High School, is taking the final steps to join that exclusive club. In addition to [...]

As DeKalb’s county seat is celebrating the 25th annual Decatur Arts Festival Memorial Day weekend, Worthmore Jewelers will celebrate five years on the downtown Square. Worthmore will be among the businesses welcoming ArtWalk participants during the festival. The ArtWalk portion of the event invites festivalgoers to stroll among local businesses and institutions that stay open [...]

Sean Mahoney describes his company, Suburban Custom Awards & Framing, as a “feel good business.” “Awards and trophies mark the high points in our lives,” Mahoney said. “They come at times when we have excelled—times we want to remember the rest of our lives.” Sports trophies are very popular, but so are business and academic [...]

  Consumers look to pamper moms with traditional and nontraditional gifts this Mother’s Day Consumers this Mother’s Day are spending a bit more than they spent last year to honor special women in their lives, according to National Retail Federation (NRF)’s Mother’s Day spending survey conducted by BIGinsight. The survey indicates that consumers will spend [...]

Franchise owner says she’s surprised many by making a success of a business that sells batteries and light bulbs Jane Watts first became intimately acquainted with batteries as an electrician’s mate third class in the United States Coast Guard. As she helped to watch for unauthorized boats approaching America’s shores, batteries were important. Watts decided [...]