Have you ever wondered how it would be if you were unable to enjoy some of the simplest pleasures in life, such as going to a ball game, the movies, even a restaurant or shopping?

Founded in 1902 in Ohio, 4-H has grown to become the nation’s largest youth development organization. It came to South Carolina just six years later in 1908, first to Marlboro County.

As A Call to Action Oconee looks forward to 2019 and the job that lies before us in raising awareness of and educating the community on issues of domestic and dating abuse and bullying, we cannot do so without looking back at 2018 and being reminded of all who were instrumental in helping our organization.

What will happen to the United States when its own citizens become its worst enemy? I don’t pretend to know the answer to that question, but I’m afraid we’re about to find out. The nation I grew up in and loved no longer exists.

The older generation will likely remember the old Simon and Garfunkel tune “Bridge Over Troubled Water.” Some Clemson city officials and residents would say the replacement of the Norfolk Southern railroad bridge at the intersection of U.S. Highway 123 and S.C. Highway 133 has been nothing but trouble.

In today’s edition of The Journal you’ve read where the Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority commissioners are scheduled to consider a proposal to reduce its reserve fund from more than $13 million to about $5 million by returning approximately $8 million back to the three member cities who paid the money to the sewer authority in the first place.

Jan. 30 is when I started my first “real” job here at the paper in 2013 and the date I closed on my house last year.

After 15 years of dedicated service, Kaye Gibson is retiring and, coincidentally, today is her anniversary date and her last day of work.  

Willie: I enjoy your column every day.

This year’s Super Bowl matchup between the five-time champion New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams — whose only Super Bowl title came 20 years ago when the team was in St. Louis — is full of compelling storylines.

Willie: I don’t know what happened, but they put the wrong number for you in The Journal.

If you are the mother or father of a high school athlete here in South Carolina, this message is primarily for you.

Willie: I received a call from a “Social Security office” lady who stated her name and ID number, and said my Social Security number had been tagged with drug trafficking.

From junior high school until my first year of college, Sunday afternoons in the fall were set aside as father-son time.