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Civil rights legend John Lewis is the voice in Jon Ossoff’s head and heart Photo provided by Team Ossoff (photographer Kevin Lowery) If Jon Ossoff unseats Republican David Perdue in January’s run-off election, the 33-year-old Atlanta native will be the youngest member of the Senate and the only millennial. And he’ll look up to thank one man — his mentor and hero, civil rights legend John Lewis. In an interview with rolling out, Ossoff said Lewis has had the most profound impact on his philosophy and worldview. “He instilled in me a conviction to fight for justice. He instil...

In the final weeks before his Georgia Senate run-off election, Jon Ossoff tributes the late Congressman John Lewis in a new campaign ad released Thursday called, Selma. In the ad, Ossoff is seen walking along the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, the site of the bloody 1965 protest for voting rights in which Lewis and others were brutalized by law enforcement. Lewis, a stalwart of the Civil Rights movement who served as a Georgia U.S. representative for over three decades, took a teen Ossoff under his wing when he hired him as an intern over a decade ago. As the story goes, a 16-yea...

Published: 2:29 PM December 16, 2020    Updated: 3:09 PM December 16, 2020 On Saturday, Jack’s Supermarket in Chatteris hosted real reindeers in their car park as a surprise for customers visiting the store on Fenland Way. - Credit: JACK'S CHATTERIS Two of Santa's reindeer flew into Chatteris on Sunday as they made a surprise visit to the town's supermarket.  On Saturday, Jack’s hosted real reindeers in their car park as a treat for customers visiting the store on Fenland Way. On Saturday, Jack’s Supermarket in Chatteris hosted real reindeers in their car park as a special surprise...

Army cadets raise thousands of pounds in Walking Home for Christmas Challenge By Alan Hendry  |  Updated: 10:37, 15 December 2020 Get the Courier and Groat sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the day's newspaper Cadet Corporal Caitlin Green, from Thurso detachment, making a pledge for the challenge. Army cadets from across Caithness have helped to raise thousands of pounds in the run-up to the festive season with the aim of improving the mental health of armed forces veterans. Cadets from 1st Battalion The Highlanders signed up to the Walking Home for Chri...