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Author: Bill Crane

News Opinion 

They don’t make ‘em like that anymore

March 27, 2023March 26, 2023 Bill Crane 0 Comments

As a teenager growing up in Griffin, Georgia, Scott Slade would point out the local radio station in a two-story walk-up

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News Opinion 

And who looks over the D.A.’s shoulders?

March 20, 2023March 19, 2023 Bill Crane 0 Comments

In Georgia, outside of urban jurisdictions, district attorneys typically operate across multi-county jurisdictions, and the Prosecuting Attorney’s Council of Georgia

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Again—the buck stops and I’m glad

March 9, 2023March 8, 2023 Bill Crane 0 Comments

There already is a small city called Buckhead, Georgia, about an hour east of Atlanta just off I-20. The bucolic burg

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Marshal your resources

March 3, 2023March 2, 2023 Bill Crane 0 Comments

It was a truly joyous occasion to behold, watching a combination of family reunion, church laity day service, and practically a

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The moon is a balloon

February 24, 2023 Bill Crane 0 Comments

There is a tendency, well documented by historians and military experts, of defending and preparing for the next enemy of

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Fielding life’s curve balls

February 16, 2023February 15, 2023 Bill Crane 0 Comments

Though admittedly, I have led a somewhat blessed life and have so much to be grateful for each day, I

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Always look for the union label

February 14, 2023February 13, 2023 Bill Crane 1 Comment

Baby Boomers and even Generation Xers of a certain vintage may well remember a catchy jingle, which can easily become

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Yes to Cop City!

February 6, 2023February 5, 2023 Bill Crane 0 Comments

As our nation reacts to two avoidable deaths, Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tennessee, and activist/protester Manuel Teran, who was illegally camping

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News Opinion 

There’s a new speaker in town

January 31, 2023 Bill Crane 0 Comments

State Representative Jon Burns (R-District 159) of Newington, Georgia, in Effingham County is not new to the State House, having

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At times we need uncomfortable truths

January 23, 2023January 22, 2023 Bill Crane 0 Comments

By the late 1970s, the famed nearly 50-foot-tall Cyclorama painting of the Battle of Atlanta during the Civil War was

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Dispatch from the left coast

January 11, 2023January 10, 2023 Bill Crane 0 Comments

My first visit to California in the late ‘80s was part of an ill-fated love connection. While I did find

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Peach Bowl grows from the pits into major cash crop

January 4, 2023January 3, 2023 Bill Crane 0 Comments

New Year’s Eve 1981 was probably the coldest sporting event and evening of my life; in 50-yard line seats in

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Still rosy for Rosen

December 28, 2022December 27, 2022 Bill Crane 0 Comments

Few industries took more of a beating from this easing pandemic than tourism and travel. Even in Orlando, Florida –

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