I recently received a letter from a reader by the name of Angeline Watford. She lives in Darlington County just north of Hartsville. In the letter she details a true story about her pet, a dog named Lucky. Never, ever pass up the chance to hear a story a

If you like the thought of investing in stocks, but value the income that a bond offers, then preferred stocks might be right up your alley. Like common stocks, preferred stocks represent partial ownership of a company. Although preferred stocks do not co

South Carolina officials have at least one New Year’s resolution they want added to your list. Get the state’s new driver’s license and identification card, otherwise known as the REAL ID. Anyone who plans to travel by airplane, visit a military installa

If you buy into all the New Year superstitions mumbo-jumbo, it might be wise to steer clear of a certain newspaper editor during 2020. Having more to do with my taste buds and stomach than with superstitions and luck, I adhered to the custom of eating mo

Change is in the air. The evidence is everywhere. January is the one month of the year when society goes easy on us when we try to change. Optimism reigns. Our resolutions reveal our best intentions - the things we'd like to do, know we should do, and r

Humbled and grateful to serve the community To the editor, As we look forward to both a new year and the start of a new decade, I want to take a moment to thank every person who has donated to Palmetto Goodwill, shopped in our stores or volunteered their

So did you attend an “End of the Decade” party last year? Did you raise a glass and toast the end of those blasted teens years and ring in the brighter and more hopeful 20s? Today is Jan. 1, 2020, the beginning of a brand spanking new decade, right? Well,

What better way to start off the New Year than with some sound advice from an old friend – Ann Landers: - - - Advice for All on New Year’s Day Let this coming year be better than all the others. Vow to do some of the things you’ve always wanted to do

Another Christmas has come and gone. The trees that brought beauty to homes, stores, and more will soon come down. I’ve heard more than once that if you leave your tree up past New Year’s Day, you’re asking for bad luck. Not sure about that but seeing all

By: Christy Evans According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, diabetic retinopathy is a common form of diabetes-related eye disease and the leading cause of blindness in American adults. Retinopathy is a progressive eye disease which cau

Eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York’s Sun, and a quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial on Sept. 21, 1897. The work of veteran newsman Francis Pharcellus Church has since become history’s most reprinted n

Wondering what the most popular toys were this year? So was I. According to Amazon.com, these are some of the toys that had the kiddies screaming with glee when they were unwrapped this morning: • CANDYLOCKS. Get a whiff of this. This doll, which sells f

By: Lynn Gendusa When my brother was born in Monterey, Tennessee, in 1941, he was blessed with six living grandmothers. Two great-great grandmothers, two great grandmothers, and two grandmothers who all resided in the same small town! By the time he was

I love Christmas lights. Not the glowing bulbs strung on Christmas trees or the blinking and flashing offering some sort of season’s greetings. The Christmas lights I speak of are people who shine the true lights of Christmas, hope, peace, joy, and, by fa

By Carl Redding Christmas is the day of celebrating the supernatural birth of Jesus Christ our Lord, the Son of God. Jesus’ birth was supernatural because of the Prophetic accuracy of the Bible. Jesus was born of a virgin. This was the fulfillment of the