Jon Ken Powell, a graduate of A.C. Flora High School and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Powell, decided to change up his life after graduating from the College of Charleston in 2015. He wanted to travel abroad, and he’d always been interested in wildlife management. A month after leaving college, Powell was working at S. D. Kruger Safaris […]
From Racial Uplift to Protest Politics
South Carolina’s Teacher Salary Equalization CampaignSouth Carolina’s 1940s teacher salary equalization campaign was one of the state’s most vibrant and impactful moments of black teacher activism. The state’s first three equalization cases—Malissa Theresa Smith, Eugene C. Hunt, and Viola Louis Duvall—originated in Charleston, but Duvall’s case was the only one to make it to federal district court. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored […]
Quirky Crimes in the Capital City
Forest Acres Edgehill Road: Police were called to a home at 1 a.m. Monday after a woman discovered someone had gotten into her unlocked car and taken a jar of change worth roughly $ 50. The 30- year- old woman told officers she noticed the overhead dome light was on, and when she went to investigate, she found the passenger […]
ASK US AT THE STAR
Why are there so many drug ads on television?The United States and New Zealand are the only two countries in the world that allow pharmaceutical companies to advertise prescription drugs directly to consumers. Back in 1997, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration freed Big Pharma to begin direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising on television and radio. Big Pharma is the nickname given to the influential pharmaceutical industry and its trade […]
Things I Hate About You
It’s not a criticism; It’s an observationBack in ancient times, before we got old, Suzy and I spent New Year’s holidays in Lower Alabama. My brother Rick owned a condo in Gulf Shores, west of the last red light, for anyone familiar with the once quaint beach town. The surf was relaxing even when an occasional cold front disturbed the beach walkers and discouraged all but […]
Power is not a genetic trait
40–SomethingThe other day I took my 14-year-old son to the ball fields to practice a little baseball, and it didn’t work out so well for me. My son did fine. He worked on some catching drills behind the plate, took some fly balls in the outfield, and shagged some ground balls on the infield. Then we went to the batting […]
Poodle Pup Psychology
I’m just saying...“You think Whitman needs a WHAT???” This was my husband Marty’s reaction when I told him I thought our poodle Whitman might need to see a veterinarian psychologist. “I’ve already Googled one, and she’s willing to do it over the phone. She’s really big in her field.” My timing might have been a little off as he was in the […]
Falcons tame Bulldogs
The A.C. Flora Falcons managed just six first quarter points—all from James Reese—against the visiting Marlboro County Bulldogs in the first round of the boys’ Class 4A playoffs Wednesday, February 15 but then exploded for 29 in the second quarter cruising to a 75-58 victory. Reese finished with a game-high 17 points for A.C. Flora. He was one of 14 […]
Blazers gallop to 2nd round
Ridge View’s Kaiden Rice scored a game-high 17 points to lead the Blazers to a 63-49 victory over the visiting Daniel Lions in the first round of the Class 4A playoffs Wednesday, February 15. Tre High added 12 points, and Walyn Napper had 10 for Ridge View. Other scorers included Darien Johnson with seven, Trakell Fleming with five, Josiah Coatie […]