News Progress

•August 5, 2020• Lake Shelbyville – Lake Shelbyville’s Tree Stand Policy for this year will remain the same as it was last season. The policy allows hunters to leave one stand up for the season (“Seasonal Tree Stand”) and/or utilize a “Roving” stand that can be left up for a period not to exceed a break in use greater than 72 hours – the length of a three day weekend. Seasonal tree stands may be placed two weeks prior to archery season and must be removed within two weeks of archery season ending. Archery season runs from October 1, 2020 … Read More

Dear Editor, The pandemic has now claimed over 150,00 lives because people have not been taking it seriously. While the front page featured a photo of the Douglas County Health Department, with masks, stated that two people in Moultrie County tested positive for the virus, other articles were a mixed bag. The Letter to the Editor by Ms. Luela K. Hughes should have been printed in large letters below the photo. She stated the situation clearly in a responsible manner by a thinking adult. … Read More

•August 5, 2020• Jim Baumann Hi, my name is Jim, and I’m a prescriptivist. There ought to be a self-help organization for those of us who cling desperately to the language that was beaten into us — in some cases — as children. The way they tell it, chums who attended parochial schools had to endure withering glances and the threat of rapped knuckles, while I lived in fear only of B’s at my public schools. For whatever reason, they and I still find it hard to let go of the conventions of our youth and allow English some breathing … Read More