During the Month of May, the HomeTown Chamber is hosting the Williamsburg County School District’s Senior Art Exhibit. The Exhibit opened last week with a reception attended by parents, faculty, and administration in support of the students and ...

I am a law abiding citizen. So are the majority of the people in this great state of ours. If you are such a person, and for whatever reason are qualified to carry a concealed weapon then that is your business. However, a bill to allow the carrying o ...

Last week during a community supper, the people of Salters discovered that the landfill was once again in the news. For years our community has struggle with constant traffic from garbage trucks, large amounts of litter from debris falling from garb ...

The scene was horrific. Terrified faces, bleeding bodies shredded and missing limbs. In the end, a pair of terrorists blended into the crowd at the Boston marathon before planting a pair of homemade bombs that maimed dozens and killed three, includin ...

The year was 1979 and the following events made history: The United States and China established diplomatic relations, the Shah of Iran fled to Egypt, and Khomeini returned to Iran after a 15 year exile to seize power. The Iranian Hostage Crisis beg ...

April 1, is April Fool's Day. It's also opening day for the turkey season. Kind of fitting, I'd say. Turkeys are one of the wisest and most cautious of all birds. Their vision is remarkable, bolting at the slightest movement of a camouflaged hunter. ...

Last weekend Bunny and I had a great visit with our Clemson friends, Deborah and Allen, at the beach. Saturday afternoon after lunch, we took our traveling buddies to one of our favorite places in North Myrtle Beach; La Belle Amie Winery. This Winer ...

I'm pretty certain everybody's heard the adage The devil is in the details. My photography instructor used to say that all the time. And after a recent incident, I believe his words may point to more than what's captured in an image. For several ye ...

For the record: I love Williamsburg County. Thirty four years ago, Bunny and I made the decision to leave Florence and move home. We knew Florence had better opportunities for career advancement and more to offer our children, but we wanted to live ...

Funeral services for Master Deoveya Omontrey “Trey” McCrea, conducted by the Rev. J. Jeannetté Cooper and Bishop Dr. Linwood Cooper, were held Thursday, March 7, 2013, at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church of Kingstree. Burial, direc ...

The Williamsburg Home-Town Chamber Awards Banquet was informative, filled with positive messages, and of course, hilarious. As I sat among a sold out crowd at the Kingstree Recreation Center, I wondered what it must take to organize such an event. O ...

By now, hopefully the Sequester Panic has been resolved and the latest budget troubles in the country have been settled. Or perhaps, life as we knew it is over and the administration’s prediction was correct. There was such apprehension on t ...

Sigmund Freud is considered the Father of Psychoanalysis, who's work continues to be the subject of great debate. One concept that evolved from Freud's theories is the "Freudian slip", or FS - a term he did not coin and one that I will loosely define ...

Last Tuesday was an interesting day. At 6:00 pm I attended the roll out for the Williamsburg County Strategic Plan, at 9:00, I watched the President’s speech, and at 10:15, I watched Marco Rubio’s response to the State of the Union. It w ...

Last week as I parked by the office I looked up to see my worst fears realized. The carnage had begun. Our city is under siege as crepe murderers, emerging from their cold dark garden sheds are on their annual winter rampage. By the end of March, doz ...