Bennettsville News

A 4-year-old boy and a 6-year-old girl are recovering after being burnt by fireworks over the Fourth of July weekend.

A man died after he was shocked and fell from a South Carolina high school football stadium where he was changing lightbulbs.

Marlboro County investigators made the latest in a series of arrests Monday, under its Multi Jurisdictional Narcotics Task Force.

Posted on Friday, July 03, 2009 at 5:06 p.m. A Marlboro County girl and her younger brother are recovering at the Augusta Burn Center in Georgia, after being burned by fireworks.

The sun is hot, the beaches are crowded, Fourth of July weekend is here. The AAA Motor Club says there will be fewer people traveling than last year, though gas prices are way down from a year ago.

Friday, July 03, 2009 at 5:06 p.m. A Marlboro County girl and her younger brother are recovering at the Augusta Burn Center in Georgia, after being burned by fireworks.

Thursday, July 02, 2009 at 8:05 p.m. Thursday afternoon, the streets of the Shady Rest community in Bennettsville are quiet.

The Marlboro County Sheriff's Office says 15 people have been arrested across the county for narcotic-related offenses.

Alex "Rusty" Jones, age 59, of Hwy. 19, died Saturday, June 27, 2009. Rusty was born in Bennettsville, SC, on January 27, 1950, a son of the late Howard Kelly and Alice Stogner Jones.

Randy Burns / The Item Volunteers with the Salkehatchie Summer Service Program make repairs to a Lee County home recently.

You're going to be able to flush a little easier soon as three areas in Midlands are getting an upgrade to their sewer systems thanks to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Police say a Conway teenager is one of two suspects behind bars Wednesday in connection to an armed robbery that resulted in the stabbing of one man in Aynor last Wednesday.

Twelve South Carolina communities will receive Community Development Block Grant funds to create or retain 465 jobs, the S.C. Department of Commerce announced today.

The Marlboro County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help to find a fugitive.

Seated on the front row from left to right:. Sintral Lowery, of Cheraw; Ashley Short, of Cheraw; Tina Blakeney, of Chesterfield; and Aliyah Perkins, of Bennettsville.

Marlboro County sheriff's deputies are taking a second look at the unsolved case of a newborn girl found dead in a trash transfer station six years ago Wednesday.

The Omicron Zeta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. of Cheraw will collaborate with the Community Development Corporation of Marlboro County and S.C. State University 1890 Extension of Bennettsville to offer free workshops for current and potential small business owners.

Saturday, June 13, 2009 at 12:10 a.m. A Marlboro County man has been sentenced for his involvement in a gang shooting.

A set of twin brothers have been sentenced to jail time in Federal Court Friday for conspiracy to sell crack and powder cocaine.

Kids who are expelled or end up in the juvenile justice system often end up in a cycle and return to court or jail multiple times.