Where is the snow?

By Carol Stiffler What do you get when you cross a COVID summer with a no-snow winter? Area businesses are finding out. After a summer of stunning sales, Renze Power Sports in downtown Newberry is practically watching paint dry this winter. General Manager Char...

Trying to send fewer people to jail

By Carol Stiffler Jail isn’t a perfect punishment for every crime. And jail is never just jail – it has lasting repercussions. That’s what 92nd District Court Judge Beth Gibson believes. She understands that sometimes there is no alternative to jail time. But...

We don’t have enough attorneys

By Carol Stiffler When Brian Rahilly becomes the 11th Circuit Court judge on December 28, he will leave just one practicing attorney in Luce County: Chad Peltier.eltier works from his Newberry office, located in the lower apartment of the building he also lives in,...

Newberry Community Building turns 100

By Sterling McGinn The McMillan Township Community Building has stood proudly on Newberry Avenue for decades, and has now hit its century mark. It is not just a brick and mortar building, but an icon and the heart of the community. The building has been the center of...

Santa’s mailbox on Victory Way

By Carol Stiffler There’s a bright red mailbox on Victory Way, and it’s accepting letters to Santa. The mailbox appeared last week at 517 Victory Way, the home of Kirby Wendt. Wendt is not playing Santa – he’s just delivering the letters, he said. “I’m just the...

The Newberry man who saved the space station

By Carol Stiffler The International Space Station orbits the earth 16 times a day, currently housing seven crew members from the United States, Russia, and Japan. It’s been in use for 20 years straight, as of October 31, 2020, and is known to be the most expensive...