By Becky Landress Sentinel Writer After four months of no leads in the missing persons case of Kristi Cornwell, the GBI held a 2 p.m. press conference on Monday, where they released a sketch of an individual involved in an incident in Ranger, North Carolina in early August. Ranger is 25 miles from...

Once again, Claudia Parks, President of the Union General Hospital Auxiliary was contacted one morning with a call from BI-LO Stores, but this time it was from BI-LO Charities of Mauldin, South Carolina.   “I was told that the Auxiliary will be receiving grant funds from BI-LO Charities. I was elated!” Last...

United Community Bank’s Junior Board of Directors is collecting the names and information of Union County and Woody Gap High School graduates who currently are serving our country in the U.S. Armed Services. These names will be proudly displayed in the ‘Hall of Honor’ at Union County High School....

This week District 2 Public Health Departments received more of the H1N1 vaccine to continue to target the priority groups identified as most at risk by the CDC; including pregnant women, children and young adults from 6 months to 24 years of age, people age 25 to 64 years with chronic conditions such...

What an honor to have a member of the Union County Lions Club to receive his 55 year Chevron, designating 55 years of volunteer service to the world’s largest Civic Service Organization! Lion Don Enzmann began his 55 year journey with Lions back in the state Minnesota and because of his job association...

“The Magic of Christmas” at Central State Hospital Some of the mayors present on a special day in Middle Georgia may have driven through mountain mists to arrive at Central State Hospital by mid-day when the parade began forming for an annual event enjoyed not only by the clients and employees but...

To the Editor: Recollections of the past in the part of the country where I grew up in the 1930’s are now almost surreal.  It requires conversations with my few remaining kin to even put those times in perspective. There was no “Law” because there was no lawlessness.  The town trucks had “Ourtown”...

By Jim Fitzgerald Sentinel Guest Columnist As a young adult, I used to wonder why new laws were passed every year, on both a state and federal level. After all, shouldn’t we have covered just about every possible situation that would need a law over the course of 200 years? But as I grew older, I came...

By Claudia Parks rn Columnist A few weekends ago I had a birthday and I traveled down to Atlanta with my husband to see friends and family and sort of celebrate!  The grandchildren always have a lot of questions—mainly questioning of my age—of which they have no real concept!   I tell my children,...

By Sen. Chip Pearson Columnist Georgia is open for business and will remain that way as long as we don’t raise taxes.  During times of economic downturns and declining revenues, you will hear a variety of suggestions on how to turn around the economy.  These suggestions can be as reasonable as tax...