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90th Birthday

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Shirley (McCain) Hartline will celebrate her 90th birthday on Sept. 10, 2025. She has been married to her husband, Jim Hartline, for 69 years. They had one son, Stewart, and have one grandson, Matthew Hartline. She loves her family and friends and her special little cat, Oreo. She enjoys ...

Birth

Local News

Murphy Jace Sparkman was born Aug. 30, 2025 to Grace and Matt Sparkman of Chesterhill. He was born at 2:40 p.m. at Marietta Memorial Hospital, weighing 6 pounds, 9 ounces and measuring 19.5 inches. Grandparents are Melanie and Andy Sparkman of Chesterhill. Great-grandparents are Susie ...

Assessing the risk of serving or not serving

Religion

By Mark Wilmoth People don’t assess risk very well. Ask folks to list dangerous occupations and you’ll hear about folks in the military and about first responders who risk their lives on behalf of others. In fact, though, firefighters’ risk of death is only 3.4 per 100,000 and in ...