•December 3, 2025•

by DM Williamee

As many are basking or tasking this holiday season, shopping, cooking, spending time with friends and family, watching football, wrapping gifts, caroling, and making New Year’s resolutions, 2026 feels close but not quite here. For many, thinking about changes to expect in 2026 will not likely happen until the glow of the holiday season wears off and they are back to the grind after the ball drops. Others are always looking to the horizon, and from what is being forecasted, it’s a broad one.

According to analysts of all types and sectors (including socio-economic forecasters, economists, job market forecasters, and a host of other pundits), 2026 will be a year filled with changes that will impact all Americans, some more than others.   The top ten predictions according to these professionals are the following:

Integration of AI into Daily Life: AI will be more seamlessly embedded into existing software, search engines, and enterprise operations. The public will interact with AI agents for tasks from customer service to personalized education, many times without realizing it. Currently, we unlock phones and electronics with Face ID and fingerprints, ask Alexa and Siri questions, and utilize search engines as well as social media, and behind these searches? AI tailors content based on what it believes we want to see. If autocorrect can create random ‘ducks’  in speech-to-text, one must wonder what these tailored search results are giving us.

•November 26, 2025•

by DM Williamee

On Monday, November 17th, Sullivan resident Virginia Weakly celebrated her 105th birthday at Heritage Woods, surrounded by family, friends, caregivers, former students, and well-wishers from the community. The atmosphere was one of joy, with the traditional birthday accouterments, including live music, balloons, and Mrs. Weakly looking lovely and demure as always, while holding court under a banner of balloons. 

•November 26, 2025•

The Giving Place, in conjunction with Allied Capital Title, is holding a winter coat drive. They are accepting clean, gently worn, or new winter coats as well as other winter gear. Drop off locations are at Allied Capital Title between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., 18 W Harrison Street in Sullivan, or The Giving Place between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., at 1102 W Jackson Street, Sullivan. 

These coats are available for anyone in Moultrie County or the ALAH School District. If you need a coat, come to Allied Capital Title during business hours.

•November 19, 2025•

by DM Williamee

On Friday, November 14th, a retirement was held at the Moultrie County Courthouse for Chief Deputy County Clerk Pam Wittkowski, after her over twenty-five years of service. Many of her friends and colleagues came to the party to wish her well, thank her for her service, and many an eye teared up as hugs, handshakes, laughter, and stories went around. As Pam said, “Many of the people I have worked with have become like family, and we support each other both at work as well as at home.”

Pam moved to Sullivan in 2000, and when she began looking for work outside of the home, after spending time first working on her home and volunteering with her church, the position was a perfect fit for her strong bookkeeping skills. “Georgia needed a lot of help,” she said. Pam shared that the position kept her very busy, from hearings, ongoing law changes, helping employees, servicing the board and election judges, as well as the community.

•November 19, 2025•

The Christmas Crew in Sullivan is gearing up to help local families as the holiday fast approaches. An offshoot of the local “Giving Place” Facebook page created by Elizabeth Houser when she saw the needs of the community and wanted to be able to help bridge those gaps, the Christmas Crew helps local families enjoy the season by meeting the needs of those families during the holidays.