Chris Bridges

Kansas, Winder

Managing Editor at The Walton Tribune

Managing editor, The Walton Tribune. On the high school football beat since 1988. 🏈 📰

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Articles

Strickland to run for Attorney General

1 week ago | waltontribune.com | Chris Bridges

It appears Walton County will be losing at least one of its state senators next year. Brian Strickland is set to enter the Republican primary for Attorney General, which means he would have to give us his seat in the Georgia State Senate. “I have been encouraged by the support from around the state that I have been receiving since I filed my paperwork last week to formally begin the process of exploring a run for attorney general,” Strickland told The Walton Tribune.
BRIDGES: Our household dealing with another loss

2 weeks ago | waltontribune.com | Chris Bridges

“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.”It’s an old adage that we can’t go through just one bad ordeal. There always seems to be another or — heaven forbid — a third that follow. My wife and I recently had to say goodbye to our cat Herman who passed after an illness caused him to leave us much too soon. Even as we were still dealing with our loss of Herman, another one of our feline children, Dori, suddenly became ill.
BRIDGES: Busy time of year for Walton sports teams

3 weeks ago | waltontribune.com | Chris Bridges

Sports take place pretty much year around now, but make no mistake spring is the busiest time. You have more sports, more teams, more players, more things to keep track of. It’s not an easy task for any local sports editor but Brendan Koerner of The Walton Tribune does a quality job of keeping track of our local athletes. Back when I worked the sports desk as my full-time job, it was basically a matter of staying organizing. I remember having folders with every team’s schedule printed out.
Sick to Death by Chris Bridges

4 weeks ago | writing.ie | Chris Bridges

Author Chris Bridges on the background to his disturbing debut psychological thriller novel, Sick to Death . . . Fiction has always been my refuge. Grief, work stress, heartbreak. There’s been a fictional character who’s experienced the same and I’ve found comfort in their stories. During my teenage years it was reading that helped me understand and accept my sexuality. It was fiction that helped me through an episode of depression in my thirties.
I told the doctor my symptoms, then I saw an eye roll

1 month ago | metro.co.uk | Chris Bridges

The GP looked over his glasses, smirked, and then started to laugh.   'We may need to name a special little syndrome for you,' he said. It was 2010 and I was once again trying to get someone to pay attention to my symptoms. By this point, I'd spent years trying to convince myself that the feeling that no one believed me was paranoia. Yet I still went home, laughter ringing in my ears, and internalised it. Obviously this was my fault. I was hysterical, a hypochondriac, a time waster.
Britt, Lions continue to follow the process

1 month ago | waltontribune.com | Chris Bridges

Matt Britt has been in similar situations before. The first-year Loganville Christian Academy baseball mentor has been in the coaching profession for decades and knows about success on the diamond, both as a player and a coach. Britt, who helped George Walton Academy to the top of the mountain as a player, has guided other programs to championship glory. Now, he is looking to do it at Loganville Christian, although he admits it is still early in the process.
BRIDGES: Always fun to be at local high school baseball field

1 month ago | waltontribune.com | Chris Bridges

With spring officially arriving this week, my mind naturally thinks back on the hundreds of high school baseball games I have witnessed both here in Walton County and beyond. Having been on the beat for as many years I have been now, the games, at times, tend to run together. However, there is no doubt each one is special. We have some quality players and coaches here in Walton County. Several games are already in the books for 2025 but we still have a long way to go before all is said and done.
BRIDGES: Toughest part of being a pet owner never gets easier

1 month ago | waltontribune.com | Chris Bridges

“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” — Dr. Seuss Our cat Herman had been with us so many years I had to ponder what year the calendar said he became a part of the family. Herman was already living up the street from us when his owners, and I use that term loosely, moved away and left him behind. Anger is not strong enough of a word when it comes to those who do this. I kept thinking surely they would come back and get him.
Website says Cowsert considering 2026 Attorney General race

1 month ago | waltontribune.com | Chris Bridges

Walton County voters could find themselves in a rather unique position next year. The office of state attorney general will be open with current incumbent Chris Carr having announced he is running for governor. Walton County’s two state senators could be competing against each other for that seat. Brian Strickland, who serves Walton County in State Senate District 42, has said he is considering entering the Republican primary for attorney general in 2026.
BRIDGES: Signs of Spring slowly starting to appear

1 month ago | covnews.com | Chris Bridges

We are still several days from spring officially being here for another year, but the forecast for upcoming days shows some sun and, to some extent, warmth. Spring and summer are, without doubt, my favorite two seasons. Early fall is O.K. but you can definitely take winter and dispose of it, even the ones we have in Georgia. Quite frankly I fear Old Man Winter is not finished causing havoc and I am more than concerned that March may end up being a brutal month before all is said and done.