A $20 million federal Community Change grant could have a major impact on the Troup-Chambers County area, especially for senior citizens on limited incomes. Officials from Groundswell Community Power discussed this at a kickoff meeting on Friday at the Jane Farrar Event Center in downtown Lanett.

On Saturday afternoon, February 22nd, the New Hope Foundation hosted a program on Black History at the New Hope Missionary Baptist Church. Guest speaker Felecia T. Moore spoke on the connection of Rosenwald schools to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HCBUs).