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The Letter from a Dead Man

…..three suspicious deaths from 1963 By Tamara Pettit     If Helen Williamson’s death had happened today, I know the investigation would have been different.  A lot of questions would have been asked that seem to just linger in the file…

Hancock County Commission

       The Hancock County Commission gave its approval August 19 to the “Last Outlaw in the Creek” event slated for August 27 & 28 at the Get Together Picnic Grounds at 3934 Kings Creek.   Action on sending  a letter to…

AND THEN AGAIN by Tamara Pettit

  …..  It’s that time of life we all know is coming. Fall?  Football season?  Nope, the season of letting go.  Many parents are packing up their kids for college.    I’m not gonna sugar coat this stage of parenthood.  It’s…

LETTER FROM A DEAD MAN

By Tamara Pettit …three suspicious deaths from 1963      I first saw the file of the three “suspicious deaths”  in 1965 which contained the “letter from a dead man” but periodically it would become my obsession.  What had I missed? …

REFLECTIONS by Jeremy Alger

We are hearing about the work shortages. Wait, not the work shortage, the worker shortage. I saw an article last week about the service industry and how people (young people mostly) are quitting their service jobs. Plenty of folks want…