GET LOST – IN AMAZE N CORN With the increasing popularity of agri-tourism, a local farmer has opened a corn maze in the New Middleton community. As the fall season arrives, Danny Driver has converted a portion of the family farm located on Mulherrin Road into Amaze N Corn, an agri-tourism venture which features a…

DROWNING IN MEMORIES – “UNDER THE LAKE” A Ken Beck Feature Three DeKalb County women have spent the past four years resurrecting memories that were buried beneath the waters of Center Hill Lake seven decades ago. The result is “Under the Lake,” a 304-page hardcover book that weighs four pounds and holds more than 1,000…

3 CHARGED AFTER THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN ITEMS STOLEN Three people have been charged in connection with the theft of thousands of dollars worth of tools and hunting equipment from a Grant area residence. The investigation began when sheriff’s department Deputy Matt Bush was dispatched to a residence located on Opossum Hollow Road, Sunday, where…

GRANT AREA TRACTOR ACCIDENT FATAL A man was killed in a tractor accident which occurred on his farm near the Grant community. Larry Pontious was bush hogging along the driveway leading to his home when the tractor he was operating overturned. The area where the tractor overturned was sloping and along a ditch, Emergency Management…