By: Glenn Harbison I learned more about human trafficking last week than I ever intended to know.  Like everyone else, I’ve seen the news reports and a crime show or two focusing on the subject. Like so many other evils, I never thought about it being here.  As we look around and open our eyes…

By: Victor Morgan An oldy-goldy American hymn is “Count your blessings, name them one by one.” No doubt spiritual blessings should be high on everyone’s list, but why not more mundane things? In view of the warm and humid temperatures of the past few weeks, why not – for example – pencil in ‘air conditioning’?…

By: Tom Jordan So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many.” (Hebrews 9:28). An elderly man had two perfectly smooth silver discs that he always carried in his pocket. A friend asked him what they were. It turned out that they were two worn silver dollars. You see, when the man was…

By: Gene Crawford, Columnist When I was a senior in high school, I gave a written and oral report on Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp. For Doc Holliday, one of my sources was The Enigma of “Doc” Holliday. John Henry “Doc” Holliday (1851–1887) was born 130 miles from Blue Ridge in Griffin, Georgia, and trained…

By: Glenn Harbison, The Citizen Owner/Publisher Fannin County and the Copper Basin are full of heroes, seldom given the credit they deserve or talked about. Even though seen, their work often goes unnoticed. They are the men and women who answer the call in an emergency. Day or night, when someone is in trouble, they…