Opinions

Congressmen Praise House Passage

HISTORIC TREATY: Duncan Praises Passage of USMCA. Washington, D.C. – Congressman Jeff Duncan praised the passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) in the House of Representatives: “President Trump has secured yet another historic victory for the United States of America. The...

Editorial - Congratulations

Once again, just before the old year - indeed, the old DECADE - changes, it’s time for a Clinton Chronicle Congratulations editorial. We have many people and programs of which to be proud, and we should publicly acknowledge them. First of all, we are not sure that the Clinton Christmas Parade...

VIC: Wrestling With My Observations

Mid-February it will be eight years for me here at The Clinton Chronicle. And in all that time, and in the 20 years before that I spent in Newberry, and the eight years before that I spent in Florence, and in two turns at The Index in Greenwood, I never, not even once, took a picture at a...

A Merry and Holy Christmas

The word Christmas literally means “the mass of Christ” – or the worship service about Jesus Christ. Festive traditions are fun and enjoyable, but the center of the holiday remains the distinctively Christian belief that, because humanity is sinful and in need of forgiveness, God the Father sent...

Pharmacy students continue to serve the community

More than 2.8 million antibiotic-resistant infections occur in the U.S. each year, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. At least 35,000 people die as a result. PC School of Pharmacy students helped spread awareness about the dangers of antibiotic resistance during U.S....

Dear Holiday Season

Dear Holiday Season Please be nice to everyone around you Please remember that not everyone can find their joy this time of year Please remember Don’t forget about the child that won’t get a Christmas gift The angel on the tree that didn’t get picked The mother didn’t get to put their child’s...

PUBLISHER: Count your blessings

With Thanksgiving in the rearview and Christmas just ahead, it’s a perfect time to reflect on how the Lord has provided in our lives. It’s important that we count our blessings often, every day. Despite the hardships of this life, we are blessed beyond measure. Blessings counted, as they came to...

Cover to Cover: Chick lit and chicken salad

While I’m not a fine foods connoisseur, I’m definitely the “chicken salad snob” in my family. I like mine the way most people in the south like theirs: with sweet pickle and diced hardboiled egg, and maybe a little finely chopped celery, too. That’s not to say I’m opposed to a fruity chicken...

Thankfulness

EDITORIAL: That for which we are thankful. Last Tuesday we listened to a round-table style discussion about where Laurens County is and where it wants to go. Our mind wandered a bit to a different topic - Thankfulness. Appropriate - tomorrow is Thanksgiving. And, soon, we will turn to Black...

Ebenezer Scrooge and Thanksgiving

Tis the season! A season replete with decorations of red, white, green. Artificial trees are already on prominent display in malls, shopping centers, and stores. Carols are on selected stations heralding the season. Yes, it’s Christmas. Except for one small problem … we haven’t even had...