Smokers are 40 percent more likely to develop diabetes according to studies and research. "Diabetes is a disease with serious health consequences, but it is also...

Many years ago at a high school graduation ceremony, four seniors selected by their classmates delivered speeches for the occasion. Each speech would revolve around a...

By Paul Keane I've been waiting to write this for a week or so because I didn't want things to sound whiny or that I was on some kind of pity party. In fact, the opposite...

Mike Johnson, a Republican Congressman who represents Louisiana, was elected Speaker of the House Oct. 25. He has served the people of the 4th congressional district since...

A lot of people have been talking about how the Bible's predictions regarding the end times appear to be coming true today. For example, around 625 B.C. Zephaniah...

Dear Editor On Saturday, Sept. 23, our 4th Annual Fellowship at the Fields event took place. It was a beautiful day with awesome weather. This event would not have...

By Daniel L. Gardner The world is as unstable now as it has ever been, and things are getting worse. Early Saturday morning Oct. 7, Hamas, the de facto governing authority...

I just got back from a week in Washington, D.C., where I lobbied for laws to save journalism in our country. Journalism is dying in the United States. There are half as...

By Paul Keane The accountability ratings for area schools that were released last week were impressive, to say the least. One school (Buckatunna) maintained its "A,"...

It's that time of year again when the weather is cooler, summer passes the torch to autumn, football fans become ... fanatics, and the federal government shuts down...

Later this month, I'm heading up to Washington, D. C. to lobby Congress to help save local journalism in our country. Over the last 20 years, we've lost two-thirds of...