Understanding risk factors and symptoms By Dee Griffin Diabetes affects millions of people worldwide. It occurs when the body is either unable to produce enough insulin or the body is unable to use the insulin produced. Both conditions cause an elevation in your blood sugar and in the long runContinue Reading

The 35th annual 4th of July Celebration on Lake Murray will be held this Saturday, July 1. The event is hosted by the Capital City/Lake Murray Country Regional Tourism Board (CCLMC), and presented by Lexington Medical Center. Kicking off the festivities at noon, enjoy the Patriotic Boat Parade as localsContinue Reading

First Community Bank has announced the completion of its Tackling Hunger campaign with more than 4,000 non-perishable food items collected and donated to local organizations. The campaign was established by the bank’s 2023 Leadership Institute graduating class who selected the critical issue of hunger as its class project to driveContinue Reading

Bassmaster has named Lake Murray #4 out of 100 in their 2023 “100 Best Bass Lakes Revealed” list. The story was featured in the July/August issue of Bassmaster Magazine. “After months of gathering data on hundreds of the best lakes in the nation, the cream of the bass fisheries hasContinue Reading

This article continues from the last one on A.I. (Artificial Intelligence). We see A.I. in almost all articles for writing at this point, and many teachers in school see this in students’ work as well. From the last article, we had a teacher ask how to spot work generated fromContinue Reading

By Mike DuBose with Dr. David Hurst, DVM In our earlier article, we described how our pets bring us great joy and comfort, along with many physical and mental health benefits. Unfortunately, we will outlive our best friends. Animals leave our lives through a variety of ways such as tragicContinue Reading