Richard Whiting

We'll start with a big thank-you to so many of you who let us know how pleased you are with the changes we made to the Index-Journal — from the

Richard Whiting Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of America. Sheesh, folks. It's just a name. What's all the fuss about?

In a sense, it’s both refreshing and amazing.

Amber Nappier and Keep Greenwood County Beautiful can be marked “safe.” Safe from what? No, more like safe in what.

At 41, Sanquenetta Brown had an experience she said was one she's never had before, an experience she should never have had in this day and age.

Are you old enough to remember the classic scene in “Animal House” as John Belushi launches a food fight by spitting mashed potatoes on the Omegas?

Do you read? Well, I guess so, if you're thumbing through the pages of the paper. Do you write or type? Probably. Hard not to.

“Open government is good government.” Only five words are strung together to create that powerful and meaningful phrase.

It is Sunshine Week once again, a week set aside each year to highlight the importance of open government because, as the slogan succinctly puts it, open government is good government.

Only five words are strung together to create that powerful and meaningful phrase. It is a phrase that each and every person in the city, in the county, in the state and in the nation should strongly believe in.