July 2024

By Felicia Farnsworth

The Bullock County Humane Society has been very lucky this summer to have the help of two amazing young volunteers. Emmie Baker and Malia Lewis have spent the last two months helping to maintain the very full animal shelter in Bullock County. The shelter is currently at its maximum capacity with 82 dogs and 117 cats. Maximum capacity requires a hands-on approach to ensure cleanliness is maintained, animals are fed and receive any medical treatments, as well as being provided opportunities for exercise.

By Felicia Farnsworth

It may have been a very wet and rainy morning, but Jaderion Thomas and his mother, Chanear Stockdale, along with twenty members of their family and close friends, set out to hold the 2nd Annual Hope Trucking Back to School Supply Giveaway on Saturday, July 20 from 11:00 a.m. until supplies ran out.

By Felicia Farnsworth

Submitted by Jennifer Gallagher

This beautiful pup is Henrietta. She is a lovely Black Mouth Cur who has been at the shelter for over five months and is so ready to find her forever home! She is sharing a kennel with another female, so she is dog friendly but can be cat tested. Henrietta is up-to-date on her shots, including a one-year rabies vaccination, and she is on a flea and heartworm preventative.

By Taylor Barbaree

The failed assassination attempt that occurred on Saturday, July 13, 2024,  on the former U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s life stirred emotional memories for Tuskegee’s Johnny Ford during my interview with him Monday. “I was present when Sirhan Sirhan killed Bobby Kennedy on June 6, 1968,” Ford recalled. “It was a sad time for our Nation, and devastating to me personally because he was a close friend of mine.

By Matthew Thompson

“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7  and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” -- Philippians 4:6-7.

The story of one Israeli hostage and his 3-year-old granddaughter

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By Christina Faulkner

Former President Donald Trump was the target of an assassination attempt Saturday, July 13, while speaking at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The rally took place days before Trump accepted the Republican nomination for the third time and named his running mate, Senator JD Vance of Ohio.

By Felicia Farnsworth

The Bullock County Historical Society (BCHS) held their monthly meeting for July at the Josephine Arts Center in Union Springs on Sunday, July 14 at 2:00 p.m. President Dean Spratlan called the meeting to order at 2:01 p.m. and the minutes, committee, and treasurer’s reports were read and approved.