After my last column about the 27 vacant county buildings, someone left a comment that stuck with me. They didn’t argue about whether the buildings exist. They asked something sharper: Who are those buildings really for? One commenter said they closed their business, tore down a quarter-million-dollar building piece by piece, and moved their family […]
Teeth Have Numbers?
January 22, 2026 By
I recently sat down with Cassandra Brown, who owns a dental school and is a resident of Ridgeway, for an interview. We talked about teeth, dental education, and all the grown-up things that come with it. I walked away thinking I’d learned something useful. I didn’t realize how much thinking I was about to do. […]
Kenny’s Corner: Guess Who Came to Town
January 15, 2026 By
Nearly 2,000 people came to little ol’ Ridgeway, South Carolina to see some monks, so naturally, I had to see what all the fuss was about. I mean, I used to go walking with my grandma to work when I was a kid and nobody showed up for that. No sound system. No crowd. No […]
