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By Catherine Kirk ckirk@ddtonline.com, READ MORE > 4,936 Reads
On Mon, 09/21/2020 - 12:49 PM

By Catherine Kirk ckirk@ddtonline.com, READ MORE > 8,450 Reads
On Wed, 09/09/2020 - 02:27 PM

This Labor Day weekend was, to date, one of the best for my family. We didn’t grill, go fishing on a lake, hunt for doves, practice our golf swing or travel outside of Greenville. I didn’t even sleep in.

Missing the old stores in town

By Catherine Kirk ckirk@ddtonline.com, READ MORE > 26,994 Reads
On Wed, 08/19/2020 - 09:49 AM

In less than a week, we published an article about a new store coming to Greenville and another one shutting its doors.
While I’m glad to see the new discount store, Roses, open on Highway 82, it saddens me to see Stein Mart saying goodbye.

Masks may help, surely don't hurt

By Catherine Kirk ckirk@ddtonline.com, READ MORE > 66,274 Reads
On Wed, 08/05/2020 - 02:35 PM

Of all the illnesses that have spread in my lifetime, COVID-19 wins the most confusing award.

People have been receiving mixed messages from the very beginning of this pandemic and the madness still continues.

There’s too much trash here

By Catherine Kirk ckirk@ddtonline.com, READ MORE > 42,285 Reads
On Wed, 07/22/2020 - 01:41 PM

I love photography, especially when they are pictures taken by local photographers to show off our beautiful region. This week, local photographer John Keen shared pictures on Facebook he took Monday afternoon at the Greenville Cypress Preserve, but they were not what people expected to see.

Cash is important, we need it

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On Wed, 07/15/2020 - 12:44 PM

Almost everywhere you go now, stores and restaurants are displaying signs that read something along the lines of not being able to give change due to a nation-wide coin shortage.

Keep moving forward

By Catherine Kirk ckirk@ddtonline.com, READ MORE > 2,813 Reads
On Wed, 07/01/2020 - 11:06 AM

This week, the newsroom of the Delta Democrat-Times was given a new home. Before you start calling your friends, yes, we are still very much in business and no, we have not moved away from our building on Broadway Street.

Protest? Yes; Riot? No

By Catherine Kirk ckirk@ddtonline.com, READ MORE > 851 Reads
On Wed, 06/03/2020 - 01:28 AM

Eight minutes and 46 seconds was the amount of time it took for people to stop talking about COVID-19.

The terrible death of George Floyd on Memorial Day has sparked a passion and furious outcry from people seeking justice.

Remember why we remember the day

By Catherine Kirk ckirk@ddtonline.com, READ MORE > 2,961 Reads
On Tue, 05/26/2020 - 05:42 PM

The little, red patches of sunburn on my children's faces are indicators of a good time they had this weekend.

Even though the actual first day of summer isn't until June 20, people who live in the South just accept and know Memorial Day is the true first weekend of summer since temperatures are already reaching the 90s.

No reason not to be kind

By Catherine Kirk ckirk@ddtonline.com, READ MORE > 4,255 Reads
On Wed, 05/13/2020 - 02:25 AM

I have stayed fairly tight-lipped with most people on my opinion on the COVID-19 pandemic, and I will continue to do so.

When there is a plethora of people, especially on social media, aggressively stating their opinions, the idea of sharing one’s thoughts feels like encroaching dangerous waters.

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