Columns
Que Morrison leads the Lady Bulldogs
You see them coming up the court, the Lady Bulldogs daring a dashing quintuple, but likely you don’t know the rest of the story. They ...
Loran Smith, Author at LaGrange Daily News
Columns
A trip to Maxeys
This Oglethorpe County community dates back to 1834 and has undergone three name changes in its history — from Shanty to Salmonville to Maxeys.
by Loran Smith, Tuesday, March 2, 2021 5:08 pm
Columns
Taking an annual trip to New York City
Making trips to New York has always brought about stirring emotions. You just cannot wait to get there, Manhattan being one of the most electrifying ...
by Loran Smith, Tuesday, February 16, 2021 8:58 pm
Columns
Is Tom Brady the greatest of all time?
Now that Tom Brady has won a seventh Super Bowl ring, we, and he, of course, will hear for the rest of his career that ...
by Loran Smith, Wednesday, February 10, 2021 11:00 am
Opinion
Calloused hands and a generous heart
Friends and family in the little village of Bridge, England, are in mourning today with the recent passing of Jasper Knight, an architect-builder with calloused ...
by Loran Smith, Wednesday, January 27, 2021 5:43 pm
Columns
Nothing like a hot breakfast
Sometimes your memory becomes fallible, but my recent off-the-top-of-the-head recollection is that we have experienced consistently colder temperatures this January than in recent years. January ...
by Loran Smith, Tuesday, January 26, 2021 10:05 am
Columns
Bulldogs wrap up with Peach Bowl win
While we continue to worry about COVID 19 issues, which are getting downright burdensome, we can keep our head high throughout the winter and spring ...
by Loran Smith, Wednesday, January 6, 2021 10:00 am
Columns
Rest in peace to Phil Niekro, master of the knuckleball
The box score of Phil Niekro’s extraordinary career has intrigued and astonished baseball aficionados for years, but that doesn’t reflect his great love for the ...
by Loran Smith, Saturday, January 2, 2021 9:00 am
Columns
The value of unity
When I see the reprehensible political ads on television, I often refer to the following factoid, which is a reminder that most politicians should be ...
by Loran Smith, Friday, December 11, 2020 11:02 am
Columns
Sam Nunn, a leader on the court and in the state
With basketball moving toward competition, the game plan, as it has been for other sports, is to let the games begin and hope for the ...