In This Week's Sunday Edition

In his View from a Pew: Protect Your Peace, Publisher Wane Hailes  says “I've learned over the years that wisdom doesn’t always shout. Sometimes it whispers after you’ve been hurt one too many times, after you’ve prayed and still felt uneasy, maybe life is telling you to, “Pay attention.”

Ahead of their 51st Annual Freedom Fund Banquet we sat down with Melvin Tanner, Jr. to talk about the Columbus Branch NAACP in our Sunday Conversation.

An Op-Ed by Wane A. Hailes suggests when part-time legislators begin acting
as if they are full-time executive leaders, the result is rarely bold leadership. Far more often, it is confusion, inefficiency, unchecked influence from special
interests, and a slow erosion of public trust. And that is what we have with our city council.

Kendrick High School students earn statewide recognition in GSBA video contest

Alabama School Board Member Yolaunda Daniel Honored with 2025 All-State School Board Award

As the 2026 election cycle approaches, political strategists and community leaders are urging voters to be aware of one of the oldest tactics in electoral politics: vote splitting.