NEWBERRY – Members of City Council, staff and the community gathered last Wednesday for a rededication and ribbon cutting at Willowbrook Cabin, located within Willowbrook Park.

Newberry Middle School Day-Porter Custodian Elijah Johnson was named the September Support Staff of the Month.

NEWBERRY — For a decade, Newberry College Athletics and Screaming Eagles Special Needs Athletics have joined hands to bring joy, connection, and inclusion through sports. Founded in 2017, The Screaming Eagles provide unique athletic experiences through partnering with local elementary, middle, and high schools and with colleges and universities.

PICKENS COUNTY — It just doesn’t make any sense. A septangle is a figure with seven sides. A septave is a seven-tone musical scale. A septuagenarian is a person who is between 70 and 79 years old — so why in the world is September the ninth month?

NEWBERRY — A Chapin man has been arrested in connection to a homicide and kidnapping that occurred in the City of Newberry on the night of Sept. 4.

It’s crazy to think that it’s been 24 years since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Where was I on Sept. 11, 2001? I was in the second grade at Speers Street Elementary (now the Newberry College Center for Teacher Education) in Mrs. Dawkins’ class. I don’t remember Mrs. Dawkins first name off the top of my head, but she was a great teacher if any of her family should read this column.

NEWBERRY — New author (and former Newberry Electric Cooperative VP of Member, Public & Government Relations) Debra S. Shaw recently released her debut book “Taking the Broken Pieces to the Cross” on August 17. Shaw held a book signing at the Newberry Hotel on August 23 to celebrate the release.