Chairman-elect David Thompson discovered an anomaly in the Walton County vote count that shifted, unexplainably, a small percentage of Walton County’s electronic votes from President Donald Trump to challenger Joe Biden.

Whether we agree on who won the presidential election or not, one thing we should all be able to agree on is the importance of the U.S. Senate runoffs in Georgia.

I don't want President Trump reelected because he's a swell guy. It's because his policies will make the lives of everyday Americans better. Joe Biden's won't.

As I write this column Friday morning, vote counts now have Biden ahead by narrow margins in all of the remaining battleground states except one, and it ain’t Georgia.

The impact of COVID-19 on communities is very different, and it mainly depends on how elected officials at the state and local level are interpreting the data and reacting to it.

Never forget the unity and patriotism our nation saw in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.

Students across Walton County are back in class for the new school year.

As far as I’m concerned, district leaders have gotten the reaction to COVID-19 exactly right.

God delivered a miracle for Jeff Foster because there's still work for my friend to do.

One of the most profound statements I’ve heard in some time came from one of the most unlikeliest of sources: LSU head football coach Ed “Geaux Tigers!” Orgeron.

Just when you think this world can’t get any worse, something like what I’m about to tell you happens and you realize, nope, it sure can.

The community has lost a good friend, husband, father and jurist.

Through my various writings, most of you have gotten to know my mother, Anna Graham, pretty well by now, but you are probably less familiar with my dad, Dr. William Hardin Graham.

It took us a long time this week to know Walton County voters still prefer their familiar faces in office.

The contrast couldn’t be more, well, black and white.

I'm ready to get back to living. How about you?

This is normally when I'd tell you about our "Visions" progress edition – but nothing seems normal right now.

If you are looking for something really good to read or watch during this most sacred of Christian celebrations, I’ve got just the ticket.

I'd recommend you follow the advice of Piedmont Walton CEO Larry Ebert.

In the special Best of Walton magazine, we will announce the winners of our annual Readers’ Choice contest, in which thousands of our readers voted for their favorites in 177 different categories this year.

Preparations are already underway at The Walton Tribune for Visions, our annual in-depth look at the community publishing in April. We want you to be an important part of those preparations.

One of the things I loved about coming back to Monroe in August 2014 was how, as the old saying goes, the more things change the more they stay the same.

Surprisingly, I’ve had a lot more people ask me what Brian Kemp was thinking on his Senate appointment than what Kevin Little was thinking about not running again.

We firmly believe a controversial photo was one the public deserved and needed to see.

I've written more about my mother than my dad in the past. Father's Day seems like a good time to rectify that.

Patrick Graham catches his late mother up on the events of the past year.

It’s been said the greatness of a nation can be judged by how it treats its weakest members.

Let's look back at last year's predictions and see how we did.

Your United Way of Walton County is a local organization. Let me say that again:Your United Way of Walton County is a local organization.

So much is planned between now and the 200th anniversary of the founding of Walton County on Dec. 15.

Gridiron Guide, our 68-page preview of local high school and college football, hits the streets Wednesday. In it, we're looking at how coaches build programs to last.