Richard Hyatt

Hearts stir at string of losses for the thin blue line

Arnold Robinson kept a brick from the old police headquarters as a souvenir in his office at the public safety building, but Chaplain Roy Isasi says the retired officer was as much a part of the department as any old brick.

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RICHARD HYATT

Richard Hyatt: A shameful night for the MCSD

Pat Hugley Green, Beth Harris, Norene Marvets, James Walker and John Wells shamed themselves and the jackasses they rode in on.

3 days ago
RICHARD HYATT

Unwanted pleas for help assail me

8 days ago
RICHARD HYATT

City should look at private options for pool

There isn't any water in the pool but the city's new natatorium is already projecting a $1.2 million deficit.

10 days ago
RICHARD HYATT

Richard Hyatt: Embrace your past, Phenix City

What would Ma Beechie think about this idea of a $220 million development in Phenix City?

15 days ago
RICHARD HYATT

Richard Hyatt: Brookstone's unorthodox teachers will be missed

Sam brought a cougar to class and Nan’s students met George W. Bush. Sam’s office is decorated with wild turkeys, coyotes and snakes, and students sometimes bring in road kill for him to identify. Nan’s students visited historian Doris Kearns Goodwin at her home in Boston and...

17 days ago
RICHARD HYATT

Richard Hyatt: MSCB needs to ask right questions at special meeting

If you don't have anything to do on Saturday morning, you can always catch the action at a called meeting of the Muscogee County School Board.

22 days ago
RICHARD HYATT

Richard Hyatt: They're not so little anymore

When we first met him, Matthew Kuhlenberg stood 5-foot-3 and was listed at 125 pounds, which was questionable.

24 days ago
RICHARD HYATT

Richard Hyatt: Questions unasked at Columbus High

The Muscogee County School Board answered the primary question on Wednesday by voting 7-1 to reinstate Marvin Crumbs as principal at Columbus High.

29 days ago
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Richard Hyatt: Tom Murphy left his footprint on the Georgia House

As the 73rd Speaker of the Georgia House, Tom Murphy demanded order, but his office at the state capitol was a monument to clutter.

31 days ago
RICHARD HYATT

Richard Hyatt: Funeral director thinks outside the box

Some people thought that catch phrase was inappropriate when it first showed up on a billboard for McMullen Funeral Home, but you have to be acquainted with the owner of the firm to fully grasp it.

43 days ago