How serious are you about avoiding the coronavirus?
By Richard C. Culyer III Yes, I know you will likely give a positive answer to the question. But are you serious enough to take the necessary steps for you and yours? Read on and decide. First, let’s make some safe assumptions. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that the coronavirus may be with us through July or August. In other words, we are not talking about a short-term change in lifestyles. Second,...
As filing ends, 2020 races come into focus
By Bobby Bryant Editor editor@newsandpress.net The June primaries may wind up getting pushed back as the coronavirus crisis threatens to derail America’s election schedules, but whenever the local primaries take place, now we know who’ll be running in them. The deadline for filing to run in the primaries was March 30. The list of candidates contains a few surprises and the prospect of some tough battles, but it’s mostly good news for...
McMaster orders ‘non-essential’ businesses closed
By Bobby Bryant Editor editor@newsandpress.net Darlington County residents will be saying goodbye to nightclubs, Bingo halls, commercial gyms, spas, swimming pools, barber shops, hair salons, tanning salons and tattoo parlors for a while under a new order from S.C. Gov. Henry McMaster. McMaster, in another executive order intended to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, on March 31 ordered the closing of all “non-essential...
Living on the West End: The YMCA
Editor’s note: This is a reprint of a Bill Shepard column published last year. By Bill Shepard The YMCA was a big part of my world when I was a boy and living on the west end of Darlington. If anyone had asked me what the letters Y M C A stood for, I would not have known what to answer. If would be years before I could answer Young Men’s Christian Association! For many years, when anyone asked, “Bill, what’s your address?” my answer...
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month
According to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN), a person in the U.S. is sexually assaulted every 73 seconds. As Sexual Assault Awareness Month, April is a time to focus on sexual assault as a widespread issue that continues to plague our culture. Sexual assault takes on many forms; it is not just rape. It can include inappropriate touching or remarks, unsolicited pictures and even unwanted pursuit when no physical...
Living on Purpose: The power of staying positive
By Bill Holland Those who have a certain amount of worry and concern are not necessarily weak. Stress, like all the other negative forces which attempt to influence our thoughts every day, is real and there is no condemnation toward those who battle against it. However, it would also not be a balanced perspective on this subject without adding that negativity is actually an invited guest rather than an unwelcomed intruder. You are...