BRACK: Meet South Carolina’s Yahoo Caucus
By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | It wasn’t too long ago that South Carolina’s congressional caucus carried a lot of clout, punching well above its weight for a state its size. Today? Not so much.
Archive for September, 2021
NEWS BRIEFS: RiverDogs head to championship playoffs
Staff reports | The Charleston RiverDogs, minor league baseball’s dominating team (77-31) with 11 more wins than any other Low-A team this season, is headed to the season playoffs, team officials announced Sunday.
The team, which is the first from Charleston to play for a championship since 1988, clinched the playoff berth after a 7-6 Sunday win over the Columbia Fireflies that went 10 innings. The team also has a 10-game winning streak.
CALENDAR: McLeod Plantation to host Oct. 3 benefit
Staff reports | An Oct. 3 fundraiser McLeod Plantation Historic Site will be a benefit for the McLeod Project, which supports African American history, culture and art, and raises awareness about preservation efforts of the site’s Sankofa Memorial Garden.
MYSTERY: Really old photo
What is it? Where is it? Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live. And if you’ve got a clever mystery photo for our readers, send it to the same address (Try to stump us!)
Our previous Mystery Photo: Our most recent past mystery, “Tough photo” proved to be tough to all but two veteran readers — George Graf of Palmyra, Va., and Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas. The photo, sent in by Bill Segars of Hartsville, shows a little-seen view of the Chicora Wood Plantation rice shipping house along the shore of the Great Pee Dee River in the Plantersville area of Georgetown County.
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COMMENTARY, Brack: Meet South Carolina’s Yahoo Caucus
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Morris Financial Concepts, Inc.
NEWS BRIEFS: RiverDogs head to championship playoffs
FEEDBACK: Where are the leaders?
MYSTERY PHOTO: Really old photo
CALENDAR: McLeod Plantation to host Oct. 3 benefit
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