Abbeville News

ABBEVILLE, S.C. - The group that helped make Abbeville High School's nearly $1 million baseball field a reality recently got a $30,000 boost from a company that employs numerous former AHS ballplayers.

Savannah Technical College will hold its fall graduation tonight at 7:30 in the Savannah Civic Center's Johnny Mercer Theatre.

Authorities still remember two South Carolina officers whose shooting deaths sparked one of the biggest gun battles state police can recall.

Emergency crews in Greenwood County jumped into action early Wednesday morning after strong storms blew through the Upstate.

A 1,000-acre plot in a South Carolina county has been added to a state list of protected properties.

A flash flood watch has been issued for parts of northeast Georgia, North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina.

Two men implied they had a weapon while robbing the Hot Spot store near Greenville County's southern border Saturday night, deputies said.

An Aiken woman was shot late Thursday outside a home on Abbeville Avenue, where earlier this year a man was killed during what has been called a "drug-related" murder.

Lawyers for a South Carolina man on death row for killing two police officers say his sentence should be overturned because prosecutors showed scenes from an officer's funeral at the trial.

Stonecroft Ministries will host a Girls' Night Out from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Country Club of Hilton Head, 70 Skull Creek Drive, Hilton Head Island.

Robinson now lives in Union and is pictured here with part of his record collection and memorabilia from his days in the music industry.

An Upstate pastor has been elected 2010 president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention.

The new Independent Pipe Products Inc. plant in Abbeville, S.C. -- still being renovated and expanded -- is a microcosm of the ever-evolving plastics industry, and a testament to innovative manufacturing, even while producing simple shapes.

A flash flood watch will be in effect from Tuesday morning through Wednesday morning.

The number of concealed weapons permits issued in the state has risen sharply this year, state records show, as people worry about crime and their right to bear firearms.

It was soggy in Brevard on Saturday, but ghouls and ghosts are impervious to the weather, and a decent crowd celebrated at the 27th annual Halloweenfest on Main Street.

The South Carolina law that expressly forbids public access to data on EMS operations is also hindering the prosecution of criminal cases in the state.

Prysmian Cables & Systems , a worldwide leader in power and telecommunication cable industry, marks the launch of the first extra high voltage, vertical continuous vulcanization power cable factory in North America .

History buffs from across America and one from England followed Confederate President Jefferson Davis' trail to the Cross Keys House Saturday morning.

Upstate building permits are on the rise in the Upstate, but not all local home builders are experiencing the climb.