An informed community is an involved community. That’s why we seek every week to make the Greater Clinton community the best informed community it can be - we are getting a major boost in that …
Well folks, if you notice, the title of this Op-ed indicates a question. To answer such a question would probably require a thesis on methods, implementation, existing laws and personnel …
On a cold January morning, a small group of visitors walks through a National Park, expecting to honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy. The gates are open, but the celebration is absent—no …
It’s been a sad year for America. Since Jan. 20, 2025, we’ve had a president actively working to impede – some would say destroy – our democracy. It’s hard to understand how a …
For a few minutes, it was humbling to see Matt Rahl choked up, wiping a tear, when he was introduced on Jan. 5 as the 18th Head Coach of the Presbyterian College Football team. He knew he had a job …
The picture that you see with this column is our Drawn Together map displayed at the Clinton Public Library. Our Graphic Designer, Victoria Steele, put this map together, and our advertising partners …
In the worlds of art and perception, there’s a phenomenon known as simultaneous contrast. It basically means that a color surrounding another may change the way the brain perceives the …
While I breathe, I hope. South Carolina’s motto, as always, hurls us headlong with joy and optimism into the New Year. My hope for 2026 is that state leaders address our state’s real …
Friend, I spent 18 years in Congress, and every one of those years I served on the U.S. House Armed Services Committee. Over that time, I learned something fundamental about the use of American …
Other than that vast hole in the ground, 2025 saw Clinton bounce back from the Summer of 2024’s devastating fire. Now, as we enter the new year, 2 questions remain: What caused it? and What are we …
The First Column of the new year seems to be an appropriate time to reflect on what I hope will happen for The Chronicle in the time to come. I have a lot invested here. I have been here since 2012, …
Late Friday night into early Saturday, I watched the news and scrolled through social media as reports of explosions in Caracas began to spread. I went to sleep unaware of what the …
In Donald Trump’s bizarre concept of the world, he is campaigning for the Nobel Peace Prize but what he really should receive is an equivalent of the Golden Raspberry (Razzie) Awards presented as a …
Jesus’s birth was a silent night, when all was calm and all was bright, but there was a context to the Christmas story critical to understanding the lesson of Christmas. This context gives insight …
The bottom line gets lost in the paperwork -- bottom line: No one in the Laurens City Government has been accused by anyone of any wrongdoing. But, you wouldn't know it as 4 members of the City …
Editor, The ongoing conversation about the proposed development and its potential impact on Old Colony Road has left many residents questioning why so much confusion exists—and why that …
I stare blankly at the news. Little men with guns once again stir the country – the world – into a state of shock and grief and chaos. Attention: Every last one of us is vulnerable to being …
As notices go to consumers informing them of what the price will be without the effect of the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced tax credits , Americans are experiencing sticker shock. For those …
“And there were in the same country, shepherds keeping watch over their flocks by night.” Luke 2:8 of the Holy Bible. The word shepherd is used in the plural sense. More …
South Carolina has doubled down and sent additional National Guard troops to Washington, D.C. as part of a second wave of federal deployment. We urge South Carolinians to ask what this effort is …