Today's News

An unidentified man was struck by a train early Thursday morning, but mysteriously walked away before police could arrive at the scene.

The somewhat bizarre scene occurred around 12:30 that morning on the tracks near General Cable.

The man was walking on the tracks when the engineer of an approaching train saw him and slowed to around 10 mph, according to a report obtained from the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office.

Ten years from now, my idea of a super saver might be one of those little loyalty thingamajigs you put on your key chain.

Or, maybe it will be a car that will make the Smart Car look really dumb.

But as far as a horse?  Let's just say that unless Super Saver takes the Preakness and Belmont, chances are that he'll be like Cannonade, Sunny's Halo and Summer Squall to many of us. We'll remember the name when prompted, maybe even rattle off a few facts about how the horse won the Kentucky Derby.

Column as I see ’em ...

It seems that each time spring rolls around someone kicks the anthill that houses those who support a restaurant tax to promote tourism and sends them scurrying again all over town, looking for bread crumbs.

While I certainly don’t mind reprising my roll as chief exterminator and busting a fresh can of Raid, it’s good to know that there’s a man with a plan besides me willing to prove the folly of that tax.

First thing Friday morning, I began to complain to myself, if not out loud.

It was raining. It was cold(er than it had been). It was shaping up to be a miserable day.

But Friday was one of those days when something happens to put all of your complaints in perspective.

I had an interview, which was set to take place outdoors, scheduled for Friday morning.

While at that interview, I got rained on, my hair was wet and I knelt down in something that I’m going to call mud.

But by the end of the interview, none of those things mattered.