Blackstock News

Wednesday Bible study, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Van pick-up available. Leave message at 581-8329 Thursday through Sunday.

Vivian Ayers Allen will be Parade Mascot and keynote speaker at the Blackstock Fourth of July Festival A visitor at last year's Fourth of July event at First Baptist Church sports some patriotic finery.

The City of Chester will not sponsor a July 4 fireworks display this year, but the town of Blackstock has been gearing up for its annual bash for weeks now.

Chester County has been known as the pot capital of South Carolina, starting with record seizures in 2006.

A Fairfield County magistrate found USC cornerback C.C. Whitlock not guilty of a trespassing charge Wednesday morning, perhaps clearing the way for Whitlock to return to the team.

A severe thunderstorm watch is now in effect for the entire Midlands until 11 p.m. A severe thunderstorm warning is also in effect until 9:30 p.m. for Richland, Lexington, Sumter, Clarendon, Calhoun, and Orangeburg Counties.

Children's Day and Cap and Gown Day for graduates, 11:15 a.m. Sunday. Wednesday Bible study, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Van pick-up available.

The future of tourism in Union County will be the subject of a meeting at the county museum Thursday morning.

Students, especially those who are graduating, get a lot of attention and sometimes, material awards for their efforts.

USC coach Steve Spurrier said he would make a decision on C.C. Whitlock's status in the next couple days after the cornerback was arrested following an incident at a nightclub near his hometown of Chester this past weekend.

Every pet has a story, from Nala, the Hawaiian Jack Russell, to Tank the deer. The Herald sent out a call for pet photos and readers didn't disappoint.

PART of Gleadless Valley is set for a spring clean thanks to a giant litter blitz planned for Saturday April 4. The blitz will see staff from Sheffield Homes will be teaming up with members of Gleadless Valley Methodist Church, Gleadless Valley Community Forum and Sheffield City Council Parks Department, to clear the Blackstock area from 9.30am to ...

Services will be held in the fellowship hall until further notice due to church renovations.

Getting a bus load of tourists to spend the night in Union could generate an extra $5,000 a month for the local economy, Ola Jean Kelly, executive director of the Union County Museum, says.

The pastor of a church in Fairfield County has been accused of committing immoral and illegal acts with a minor.

A Fairfield County man is accused of inappropriately touching a minor. Officials took Michael Ruff of Blackstock into custody Friday, and the jail says he bonded out the next day.

A Fairfield County man is accused of inappropriately touching a minor. Officials took Michael Ruff of Blackstock into custody Friday, and the jail says he bonded out the next day.

Annual Berean Pastors' Bible Conference, Thursday, Jan. 15, at Eastside Baptist Church in Lancaster.