The Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul will be open from 7 a.m. – 6 p.m. on the Fridays in Lent. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will be held from noon – 5:15 p.m., followed by Stations of the Cross at 5:30 p.m.   Please sign up to commit to a time for Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament schedule is in the vestibule.  Walk-ins welcome ... (click for more)

Navigating Thru Change, a jobs and career support group sponsored by First Baptist Church of Fort Oglethorpe, welcomes Pat Harrington as a special guest speaker this week. Ms. Harrington will be walking the group through how to use Linked In, the business social networking site, for looking for jobs and building a brand online. The session will start at 6:30 p.m. and ... (click for more)

One man is dead after an apparent robbery/homicide in Whitfield County. The Whitfield County 911 Center received a call on Sunday, at 11:59 p.m., from an individual advising they went into the Kanku’s Express, 3385 Airport Road, and discovered the store clerk lying on the floor. Officers arrived at the store within minutes and discovered the deceased body of the male clerk. ... (click for more)

A security guard at a local "pill mill" is facing up to 20 years in prison after a guilty plea in Federal Court. Kenneth Edwards appeared before Federal Magistrate Bill Carter. Edwards will be sentenced on June 9 by Judge Sandy Mattice on his plea to unlawful distribution of a controlled substance. He faces up to 20 years in prison. Prosecutors said Edwards was employed ... (click for more)

With spring weather finally here, there are going to be more bicyclists on the roadways. So remember to pack your air horn and mace in case one of them tries to attack you.  But seriously, a bicyclist has little or no chance to walk away from a collision (or even a near-miss) with a car or truck.  Fortunately, we have laws designed to give bicyclists a fighting chance.  ... (click for more)

A pointed editorial in Sunday’s editions of the Nashville Tennessean left little doubt that two pending bills currently in Congress are quite different. The headline itself told the whole story: “Rep. Ed Whitfield’s walking horse legislation would end soring; Rep. Marsha Blackburn’s would enable it.” But whether the well-documented column will cause Tenn. Senator Lamar Alexander ... (click for more)