City Beat
CITY BEAT: GOOD NEWS KEEPS COMING DESPITE EFFORTS OF ‘DECATUR DOWNERS’
Let’s face it. We have some people in Decatur who spend a lot of time and energy complaining about our community instead of doing anything constructive to make it better. I’m sure they can never enjoy the beauty of a rose bush because they are afraid of getting stuck by the thorns. Despite a…
Read MoreCITY BEAT: ‘SOCIAL MEDIA HAS BECOME A CESSPOOL OF FAKE NEWS AND TOXIC MISINFORMATION’
The headline on this column is from a quote written by Columnist Rob Tornoe in Friday’s edition of Editor and Publisher, the trade magazine of journalists. Based on what happened in our community last week, Tornoe’s comments seem especially relevant. Tornoe’s complete sentence stated: “It’s obvious social media has become a cesspool of fake…
Read MoreCITY BEAT: GUN VIOLENCE EXPANDING TO OUR CITY’S CHILDREN WITH 8-YEAR-OLD WOUNDED
As a newspaper editor I receive reports from law enforcement agencies regarding crimes being committed in our community. Reports of someone hurt or killed by gunfire seem to be more numerous than ever. A release from the Decatur Police Department on Friday was even more chilling than some others — if that is possible.…
Read MoreCITY BEAT: SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS THAT SEEM SO SIMPLE ARE NOT REALLY THAT SIMPLE
A person who still held out hope that the Decatur Celebration is not over forever — as was announced June 16th in a letter by the Celebration Board — wrote on our website: “Please DONT stop having the Decatur Celebration…. So many people love and look forward to attending this event. Close and far…
Read MoreCITY BEAT: AREA RESIDENTS THANKING AND SHOWING SUPPORT FOR DECATUR POLICE OFFICERS
• Dave Wilhour is one of a growing number of area residents who are thanking and showing support for Decatur Police Officers. Following our publication in last week’s Tribune of Councilman David Horn’s “letter to the editor” thanking officers of the Decatur Police Department, Wilhour sent me this photo and the following message:…
Read MoreCITY BEAT: INDEPENDENCE DAY HAS A DIFFERENT FEEL ABOUT IT THIS YEAR
As we approach Independence Day weekend, the mood of our community and the nation seems different in 2021 than it has been in many of the years before the pandemic hit. Independence Day this year, for many of us, is about being free from most of the limitations, isolation and concern of COVID-19 in…
Read MoreCITY BEAT: JIM ROOT IS THE NEW SHERIFF IN MACON COUNTY AND WILL BE HARD TO BEAT IN NEXT ELECTION
Jim Root was sworn in as Macon County Sheriff at the Law Enforcement Center on Monday. It was a long journey for Root between the time of the 2018 election, when his opponent Tony Brown was declared the winner and sworn into office, until Monday when Root was sworn in after his victory was…
Read MoreEDITOR’S VIEWPOINT: DAD’S LIGHTHOUSE STILL ‘LIGHTS THE WAY’ FOR ME
ON A table in my office, only a few feet from the edge of my desk, is a special lighthouse — crafted out of copper and created by my dad, Sam Osborne, when he was a teenager in the United States Navy in the late 1920s. It was always in my parents’ home from…
Read MoreCITY BEAT: BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR WILD AND CRAZY DRIVERS!
Phil Romano was telling me a few days ago about nearly being run over by a car as he was crossing the street downtown on his way to the post office! Phil said he was walking in a designated crosswalk and the driver of the car had his mind somewhere else as he waited…
Read MoreCITY BEAT: PLENTY OF JOBS AVAILABLE IN AREA, BUT FEW APPLICANTS
A local woman reportedly went to a Walmart Pharmacy recently to pick up her prescription and was told the pharmacy was closed — due to a lack of help. She had to call her doctor’s office and change her pharmacy to Walgreen’s in order to get her medicine. Hopefully, by the time you read…
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