continued from page to the new Education Freedom $1,700 federal tax credit to contribute to scholarship funds to help parents privately educate their children? The answer is 25 of the 28 states that have opted in are Republican states. Democrats are subservient to the hundreds of millions of political contributions from the teachers unions and their agenda to indoctrinate our kids with pro...

Mrs. Barbara Lawrence Barbara Carlene Young Lawrence, 80, passed away peacefully on Monday, July 27, 2026. Born on October 25, 1945, she was the daughter of the late William Herbert Young and Mamie Clyde Carr Young. Barbara was a loving wife, devoted mother, cherished grandmother and great-grandmother, and a treasured sister and friend. She was a faithful Christian and an active member f...

Miss Virginia Gay Miss Mary Virginia Gay, age 81, of the New Branch Community, died on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, at the Community Hospice House in Vidalia following an extended illness. Miss Gay was born in Savannah, grew up in New Branch, graduating from Lyons High School in 1963, and she was a graduate of Greenleaf Business College in Atlanta. She returned to Savannah in 1974, retiring aft...

Ms. Audra Meeks Audra Dees Meeks, age 52, of Cedar Crossing, died on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, at Jeffersonville Care Center following an extended illness. Ms. Meeks was a native of Cedar Crossing, a 1992 graduate of Reidsville High School, and later she attended Brewton-Parker College, Georgia Southern University, and Southeastern Technical College. She was a member of Cedar Crossing Bap...