Celebrations remember the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall coming down.  Two pieces of the wall can be seen in Spartanburg.

Twenty-years after Hurricane Hugo caused widespread damage across South Carolina, one local firefighter remembers teh damage and destruction leading up to and after its arrival.

Nine firefighters lost their lives battling a fire at the Sofa Super Store in Charleston June 18, 2007.

Sometimes I see him in-person.

Other times we communicate via e-mail.

Around this time of year I make it a point, one way or the other, to be in touch with David Holtzclaw.

I talk with him as a journalist but also his friend.

This is the sixth anniversary of the triple-murder and robbery at Blue Ridge Savings Bank in Greer.

Numbers can help us understand better the significance of events in our lives.

And this is shaping up as a very big “numbers” year for my family and me.

Yesterday (4/30) was my birthday.

Birthday number 55!

To me, that -sounds- old.