Blythewood News

Wednesday, November 04, 2009 at 10:19 p.m. Hundreds of local jobs narrowly escaped the chopping block;A those workers are all breathing a sigh of relief.A They are grateful their employer is staying put in Richland County.A Roughly 300 jobs at Navistar in Blythewood have been spared.A That company had considered consolidating operations to ...

Jury selection is scheduled to start today in the federal case of three Columbia-area men accused of running the $82 million "3 Hebrew Boys" investment scheme.

Four more people have pleaded guilty in connection with a DSS embezzlement scheme, the U.S. attorney's office has announced.

Trucking giant Navistar's acquisition of Continental AG's two Richland County truck part plants is a "win-win situation" for both companies that's likely to save hundreds of jobs, officials said Tuesday.

South Carolina's marching season came to an end Saturday, as bands across the state put their best foot forward to try to be the Palmetto State's best.

Richland County deputies say two gunmen approached the manager of a Blythewood grocery store before they took the store's money bag.

Richland County Sheriff's deputies are on the scene of an armed robbery that took place outside the IGA grocery store in Blythewood at 11:30 a.m. According to Sgt.

Lot 7 Friendly Woods Road, Blythewood, from Walter and Donna Jackson to Jennifer and Clayton Embleton, $55,000 618 Harlequin Court, Blythewood, from C And C Builders of Columbia Inc.

Vance Patterson takes the concept of a stump speech a bit more literally than most politicians.

When it comes to fun times of the year, Christmas and New Year's usually take top billing.

The York Comprehensive High School Cougar Band placed second in the Chesnee Eagle Classic Saturday.

A 19-year-old Blythewood man was killed late Friday night when he lost control of the truck he was driving, drove off the road and struck a tree on S.C. 462 in Ridgeland, Jasper County Coroner Martin Sauls III said Saturday.

Richland School District Two, through its school nutrition provider Sodexo, became the first school district in South Carolina to earn the coveted Certified S.C. Grown - Nothing's Finer designation from the state's agricultural department for sourcing more than 25 percent of the produce and products served in schools from local vendors and for ...

Samuel and Elizabeth Darko moved to Lake Carolina three years ago for one overriding reason: the quality of the elementary and middle schools within their planned Northeast Richland community.

A conference on smart growth and sustainable site design is set for Oct. 20-21 in Columbia.

Robert Gamble from Blythewood emailed us, saying someone vandalized dozens of headstones at the cemetery where he works.

Career Day has changed somewhat in the last few years. Now, children are expected to choose a career focus by the end of the eighth grade.

Mike and Maggie Switzer had planned for years to build their dream home in Blythewood's Cobblestone Park, overlooking the golf course.

The owners of a new dealership in Blythewood held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday celebrating the announcement of 85 new jobs added to the area.

As the town of Blythewood starts to firm up its 10-year growth plan, some residents in the countryside along Rimer Pond Road worry it will open the floodgates for commercial development.