Some six years ago, executives and board members from the Foothills YMCA stopped by the offices of The Journal at our request to discuss their plans for the Y they wanted to build.

When the county installed a sewer network opening the way to an industrial commerce park and even future expansion toward Interstate 85 four years ago — that was a good idea.

School shootings around the nation — including one two years ago in Townville — have caught the attention of schools, law enforcement, lawmakers — and especially the parents who are concerned about the safety of their own children.

For a quarter of a century, Clemson University students have spent homecoming week giving their time, sweat and tears in an effort to make the dream of home ownership a reality for Pickens County families.

At first glance, the idea of National Newspaper Week may seem to only matter to people like us at The Journal — those who make journalism their life’s work.

While Nikki Haley’s term as United States ambassador to the United Nations will end up being a brief two-year term when she leaves office at the end of the year, she served with honor and dignity and was never afraid to speak her mind.

Four weeks from today, voters will step into voting booths across Oconee and Pickens counties and throughout the state of South Carolina to cast their ballots in the general election.

When we kiss our spouse and children on our way to another shift at work, we probably don’t think that moment could be the last time we see our loved ones on Earth.

As we were growing up, we were taught to respect and trust those who held some kind of authority over us — parents, grandparents, babysitters, teachers, church leaders, neighbors, military servicemen and servicewomen, firefighters, law enforcement officers and others.

On Saturday morning, a group of people are planning to gather in the Utica community near Seneca and go through the neighborhood picking up trash.

In Oconee and Pickens counties and throughout South Carolina, there are people — mostly women and children — living in fear for their lives.

Oconee County Council will have the first of two meetings this morning to begin in-person interviews with five candidates for the vacant county administrator job.