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This past Saturday (March 21, 2026 at the Lou Walker Senior Center in Lithonia, GA), Congressman Hank Johnson takes time to connect with the community via the Trailblazer Awards. As is the case during the month of March, the event highlights the impact of women within his district across the public and private section as a means of doing so during Women's History Month. 11 women are awarded this honor, including posthumous recognition as follows (the names are listed in t

This year, as with any year, is an important year. With elections on the local, state, and national level, there's a tremendous amount of information to process and sort through along with identifying what may be important to the individual and the larger community and related entities. In taking time to do so, it's about learning more about the candidates and how their previous and current work may translate to something larger and greater for the collective. We recently s

Preview: Florida Everblades (37-12-6-2/82 points/1st place in the ECHL South) vs Atlanta Gladiators (36-16-2-1/75 points/tied for 2nd in the ECHL South) Tonight's game (March 12, 2026 at 7:10pm EST at the Gas South District ) is part "deaux" as the Florida Everblades and Atlanta Gladiators run it back after yesterday's 4-1 win by the Glads (click HERE for our article). Despite the loss, Florida has won 9 of their last 10 games and have a 7 point lead for the top spot in

Preview: Florida Everblades (37-11-6-2/82 points/1st place in the ECHL South) vs Atlanta Gladiators (35-16-2-1/73 points/3rd place in the ECHL South) With less than 20 games left in the regular season (the ECHL regular season is 72 games), games and wins are at a premium. Coming into today's 2nd School Day game of the year (March 11, 2026 at 10:30am EST at the Gas South District ), as the Florida Everblades and Atlanta Gladiators renew their ECHL South Division rivalry wi

The Atlanta Gladiators are playing some very good hockey, and as they get closer to the "3rd period" of the regular season (there are 72 regular season games and to date, they've played 41), there is some rough sledding ahead. However, the team's overall consistency and focus are integral to their success this season. While they've played 3 fewer games than the team who is closest in pursuit of them for 1st place in the ECHL South Division, the Florida Everblades (44 to 4

Preview: Florida Everblades (26-9-5-1/58 points/1st place in the ECHL South) vs Atlanta Gladiators (28-10-1-0/57 points/2nd place in the ECHL South) Coming into tonight's ECHL South Division matchup between the division-leading Florida Everblades and 2nd place Atlanta Gladiators (February 4, 2026 at 7:10pm at the Gas South District ), it is slowly moving into the "crunch time" portion of the 72-game regular season schedule, as the top 4 teams in each division make the p

February 1, 2026. It's a new day and a new month. And while there are some things new in the manner in which they appear, as the saying goes in a chapter of the basic instructions before leaving earth, there's nothing new under the sun. And we shouldn't be surprised by what we see; if anything, simply be as aware and engaged as possible to provide some measure of checks and balances before things become too imbalanced. In recent days, we've seen ramped up activity when it c

Getting in the swing of things. Ranging from its influence within the Negro Leagues and across the board in the game of baseball, our ...