When David Tuck walked from the small laboratory he worked in to the water treatment plant’s main facility a few…
Plucking from the wild
LAURENS — When the small squirrel was dropped off at Paws Animal Wildlife Sanctuary, he couldn’t close his mouth. His teeth…
Praying for dollars: Erskine looks to charters for needed revenue, students
DUE WEST — Charter schools could be an answer to Erskine College’s prayers after years of financial woes. Erskine’s last tax…
‘People come to look at our schools’: Study shows SC Montessori students outperform their peers
South Carolina’s first Montessori program in a public school opened more than 25 years ago, and now the state has…
‘This looks like chaos’: Erskine College seeks $64.6 million from state legislature for 13 schools
COLUMBIA — A private, Christian college in Due West could oversee more than $64 million of taxpayer money if approved…
Wrangler rounds up rowdy critters
HODGES — Earle Readett plunged his rake into the brisk creek Thursday morning behind a client’s house, moving it around under…
Bird Man of Quiet Acres
HODGES — Every day, Frank Crawford rushes inside the doors of the Quiet Acres Retirement Home with a different brightly colored bird…
Duncan discusses tax reform, budget
LAURENS — An hour before the Senate passed its budget, U.S. Rep. Jeff Duncan detailed the Republican tax reform plan…
Serving the underserved
Clinica Gratis operates in the basement of the United Center on a shoestring budget — nearly all of its medical…