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Each night before bed, Ellis and I decide where we are going to meet in our dreams. It started one night when she couldn’t sleep. Like mothers everywhere who have reached the end of a long day and …
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by Melissa Foust-McCoy
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9/19/26
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My oldest son, Connor, has just started his senior year at Manning High School. Well, sort of.
Between the COVID years and bouncing back and forth between my house and his dad’s, his …
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by Melissa Foust-McCoy
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8/10/26
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The Black River is a 151-mile-long blackwater river known for its dark tea-colored water, scenic beauty and rich ecosystem. It flows through Lee, Sumter, Clarendon, Williamsburg and Georgetown …
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By Lee Reaves
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8/10/26
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If you've just started managing your own finances, recommitted to doing it well or noticed your spending isn't making you as happy as you'd hoped, a budget might be exactly what you need. When you …
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8/10/26
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One afternoon when Connor was in kindergarten, he came home from school, used the bathroom and called for me to help button his pants.
As I knelt down to help him, I asked, "Did your teacher …
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by Melissa Foust-McCoy
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7/10/26
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I came across an interesting article in the South Carolina Press Association bulletin recently that really made me think about the role local news plays in our communities.
The article …
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by Melissa Foust-McCoy
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7/6/26
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Mother’s Day shows up the same way every year.
It fills the store aisles with pink cards and pastel flowers, clogs social media feeds with smiling photos and long captions, and loudly reminds …
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by Melissa Foust-McCoy
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5/10/26
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As the General Assembly considers legislation to modernize the South Carolina Department of Transportation, including S. 831, there is a clear opportunity to strengthen how our state plans, funds and …
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by Adam B. Jones, scdailygazette.com
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5/8/26
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One of my favorite things about having daughters is getting to watch the friendships they build.
My oldest daughter, Emily, and I have watched The Princess and the Frog more times than I can …
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by Melissa Foust-McCoy
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3/12/26
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Candidate filing recently closed for municipal races in Manning and Summerton, and all seven candidates appearing on the ballot are running unopposed. Our current community leaders — and those …
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by Melissa Foust-McCoy
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2/12/26
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If Bobby Jonte is truly retiring from his weekly newspaper column, history suggests it won’t stick.
After all, this is a man who has tried to quit writing before, only to find stories waiting …
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by Melissa Foust-McCoy
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1/26/26
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President Donald Trump recently issued an executive order to preempt states from passing new legislation or having laws on the books that regulate artificial intelligence, with some exceptions.
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BY FRANK KNAPP, SOUTH CAROLINA DAILY GAZETTE
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1/17/26
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Whew! We finally got through Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. Now it is time for the Christmas Wine Story to come out. I’ve been holding on to this story for almost sixty years. Now all the …
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by Bobby Jonte
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1/16/26
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Saturday, Beverly and I went to an amazing show. No, it wasn’t a blockbuster premiere on the big screen. It wasn’t a Broadway play in New York. It wasn’t even a community theater with local …
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BY LEE REAVES
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1/16/26
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“My, how time flies.” If a more true statement has ever been uttered, I don’t know what it is. Our lives are no more than a string of fleeting moments, intertwined with memories …
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By Lee Reaves
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10/23/25
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At an event earlier this year, a speaker spent a good deal of time talking about how divisive the “mainstream media” has become. How the big networks twist narratives, chase conflict, and …
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by Melissa Foust-McCoy
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10/7/25
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Last week, we were working on a project in Florence county whereby we were removing trees from off of a ditch bank to reconfigure the landowners yard after they purchased the contiguous land.
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Lee Reaves
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10/2/25
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