Blackville News

Funeral service for Douglas Morris Williams, Sr., 82, of Blackville, SC, will be held three p.m. Thursday, September 24, 2009, at First Baptist Church of Blackville with burial in Blackville Cemetery, Dr.

Education and golf make for a good team in Blackville, South Carolina. Tueday, we got a peek at a new public course that is owned by Blackville-Hilda Public Schools.

Memorial services for Jerry Chavis, 49, of Blackville, SC, will be held six p.m. Thursday, September 17, 2009, at Folk Funeral Home Chapel, Williston, SC.

These are the bookings recorded for the Doris C. Gravat Detention Center for Aug.

Colorado wide receiver Andre Simmons watches practice on Aug. 25, 2009. Colorado wide receiver Andre Simmons was still being held out of practice Tuesday as the athletic department conducted a final review of his academic records and the process followed leading up to his enrollment.

The Bell Aliant Pioneer Volunteers have announced the five Atlantic Canadian students who together received $10,000 in scholarships and bursaries for the 2009-2010 school year.

Two brothers--one dead, the other in a hospital. Police say both were shot at a popular hangout known as "The Hill" in Blackville.

Friday, Aug. 21, 2009 2:40 p.m. Police have arrested a 21-year-old Blackville man following a shooting in which one man died and another was sent to the hospital.

Barnwell County is getting ready for the 2010 census and taking steps to get a better head count.

A husband is dead and his wife is still in the hospital after an accident Sunday afternoon just north of Blackville, South Carolina.

Funeral services for Sarah Aletta Coursey Hartzog, 87, of Blackville, SC, will be held eleven a.m. Friday, June 26, 2009, at Folk Funeral Home Chapel, Williston, with the Rev.

Shenese Johnson of Aiken and Michael McMillan of Aiken were married June 20, 2009, in Aiken.

Troopers say a pedestrian has died after being hit by the driver of an S.U.V. Sgt.

Some Miramichiers are such characters you could make a book about them. And that is exactly what photographer Brian Atkinson decided to do.

Jefferson Davis Academy started off the season of graduations this year when it graduated 16 students May 25.

The tragedy of a young girl and the community that pulled together to help her have come full circle as a dream becomes concrete.

The plight of Andre Simmons has Colorado fans especially intrigued. Simmons is the 6-foot-3, 208-pound receiver originally from Blackville, S.C., and, more recently, Independence Community College in Kansas whom CU signed in February.

Funeral service for Mickey Ezell Williams, 38, of Wagener, SC, will be held four p.m. Friday, April 24, 2009, in the Folk Funeral Home chapel, Williston, SC, with burial in Springfield Cemetery.

James Michael "Jamie" Zissette, 28, died Sunday, April 19, 2009. Jamie was born in Newberry, SC, and was the son of Tammy Horner Zissette and Lynn Michael Zissette.