Ongoing • Rotary Club of Barnwell County Secret Santa Program If you live in Barnwell County, SC, and need assistance with Christmas gifts for children ages 2-10, applications are available …

There are a lot of books that are just junk food. I read some of them, from time to time. Not necessarily a bad thing, I grant you. Sometimes you just want to read something quick, to the point, …

I believe I am fully cognizant of what gives me an aversion to a majority of YA literature. A year or two ago, I wrote an article about how I used to love nothing but YA literature. That was …

Halloween fills the air with excitement and eerie anticipation, with costumes and candy creating a festive atmosphere. However, amid the ghostly ghouls and spine-chilling decorations lurks another …

Eva Thelka Eisenhut was born in 1928 in Apolda, a small town that later became part of Communist East Germany. She was the oldest of four girls living with their parents in a four-room upstairs …

About a year ago, I wrote about my problem with sleep apnea. That’s what doctors call it when your breath takes a pause, or several pauses, during sleep. And you may snore.  Now, I …

If you are adding or changing your Medicare  or  Healthcare.gov  coverage during open enrollment, watch out for unsolicited calls claiming to "help" you find the best deal. …

Newspaper reporters and editors are just ordinary people who want to get it right. In a recent column about Mordecai Wilson, a 99-year-old resident of tiny Lula, Ga., I reported that he and his …

It can happen when you least expect it – your credit card is declined! In some cases, you might not have enough money in your account, or you forgot to tell your bank you’re traveling …

Natural disasters like     storms ,  tornadoes ,    hurricanes ,    flooding , and   wildfires   often bring out the best in people as strangers reach out to help others …

Mordecai Wilson was relaxing in his recliner when we arrived at his home in Lula, a town of about 3,000 in northeast Georgia.  I had never met the man, although I’d read several of …

When I first arrived in Allendale County as a reporter in July 2023, I was told the typical narrative about Allendale: a rural community ailed by high rates of crime, poverty and corruption. But the …

If your insurance policy has been lost or destroyed, or if you are confused about the policy benefits or exclusions, contact your insurance company to find out what coverages you have and request a …

If quick-moving but deadly Hurricane Helene has anything to teach us, it’s that monster storms can get anyone, not just people along the coast. Helene’s horrific landfall in Florida …

When it comes to tree care, some jobs, like tree trimming or taking down a large tree, are too big and too dangerous to handle the job alone. Perhaps you just need professional expertise to keep the …

I was not prepared for Hurricane Helene. At all.  Last Tuesday I began the trek from my parents’ house in upstate New York back to Barnwell County after spending a week with family …

I love exploring new places, meeting new people, and learning new things. That’s partly why my job as a journalist is a perfect fit. But it’s also why I love traveling to places across …

The question you should ask whenever you hear elected officials squawking about “rigged elections” is this: “So that means the election that put you in office was rigged, …

A few weeks ago, I noted that imposter scams secured the top spot for types of fraud reported to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 2023, with related losses of $2.7 billion. BBB has received …

The CEOs of Dominion, Santee Cooper, and Duke Energy want South Carolina to abandon very important elements of the system of utility regulation established after the V.C. Summer collapse. They spoke …

Grandparents Day felt a little different for me this year. You see, this was the first year I didn’t have any grandparents to call or visit since my last grandparent passed away almost one year …

Remember The Waltons on TV? It was a long-running yarn following the lives of a struggling, Depression-era, God-loving family in the mountains of Virginia. It might have been a bit too syrupy for …

Assisted living is one of the fastest growing types of senior housing in the United States.  Assisted living facilities usually provide or coordinate personal care services, 24-hour supervision, …

Charitable solicitations have evolved dramatically over the years.  While charitable appeals used to come mostly through phone calls or mail, today you might be asked to make a charitable …

If you were offered the chance to triple an investment in two months, would you take it? It might be hard to say no, but it might really be too good to be true. Since 2020, the Better Business Bureau …