From the Oct. 21, 1981 edition of The Forest-Blade: NOW BREATHE! Twin City Volunteer Fireman James Neal demonstrated to kindergarteners at TCP the way to breathe through a mask to prevent …

From the Oct. 20, 1971 edition of The Forest-Blade: IT’S PUMPKIN TIME! Jonathan Merrill, age 1, and 4-year-old brother Chad, found the homemade jack-o-lantern fascinating. The …

From the Oct. 19, 2011 edition of The Forest-Blade: MOOSE LODGE DONATES TO DFCS Swainsboro Moose Lodge #1930 filled the Food Pantry at Emanuel County DFCS with 1150 cans of vegetables. Pictured …

From the Oct. 19, 1961 edition of The Forest-Blade: OAK PARK BOYS TEAM Members of the 1961 boys basketball team were Joe Black, Vernon Hughes, Charles Williamson, Loran Williamson, Morris Hall, …

From the Oct. 17, 2001 edition of The Forest-Blade: SMS PAWs SMS announced its PAW (Personal Achievement) winners for August. Students chosen by their teachers included Michael Singletary, …

From the Oct. 16, 1991 edition of The Forest-Blade: ECI’s ‘SUPERLATIVES’ Selected as senior superlatives at ECI were Ashley Page, most likely to succeed; Dana Goodman, most …

There are just some teams that you don’t match up well against. For the Bulldogs year in and year out, even in championship years, it seems that team is Claxton. Throw into mix a frustrated one-win …

David Emanuel Academy’s Middle School football team traveled to Sparta last week on Tuesday, October 12, to compete against the Rebels of John Hancock Academy and returned home with an Eagle …

David Emanuel Academy’s Lady Eagles hosted the GAPPS Division I State Championship over the recent weekend on Saturday, October 9. The Stillmore team competed against the Lady Lancers of Central …

The ECI Bulldogs softball team will enter state playoffs as the number one seed from region three as region champions. They will host Pataula Charter Academy from Edison in southwest Georgia. The …

Proverbs 14:17                    A man who is quick tempered will do foolish things because he refuses to use self-control. Getting angry is not the main problem. The problem lies …

Summertown Baptist Church announces homecoming coming and revival services set for the month of October. Homecoming service will be held Sunday morning with revival to begin at 6 p.m. that night. …

Hawhammock Baptist Church will celebrate Homecoming this Sunday, October 3. Sunday school will begin at 9:15 a.m. and morning worship service will begin at 10:30 a.m. A covered dish luncheon will …

This week’s Hometown Public Servants, by nomination, is employees of Emanuel Medical Center’s Covid-19 Testing Site, located at 543 W. Church Street in Swainsboro. From an local from Emanuel …

This week’s Hometown Public Servants are Emanuel Code Enforcement Director Stephen Graham and Brandon Frix, Emanuel County building and code enforcement officer. Graham and Frix were two of four …

You are going to find this hard to believe but everybody doesn’t love me like you do. I seem to have managed to rile a few folks recently. Could it be something I said?
I decided to talk to my …

My Aunt Maxie Hall from Twin City lived to the ripe old age of 100. She always had a youthful attitude. When she was 90, the majority of her friends and acquaintances began to die. She would call my …

Answer: Recently a new set of texts has started appearing to people. These texts announce that you have won a prize in a drawing for something like AirPods. The text has your first name on it and …