Blythewood News

The following local and area students were recently graduated from Clemson University: Alexander Luis Barnes, Blythewood, BA Political Science; Lindsay Cameron III, Chester, BS Management ; John Evans Davis, Chester, BS Construction Science & Management; Kyle Edison Gantt, Winnsboro, BA Special Education Cum Laude; Amanda Brooke Henderson, Chester, ... (more)

Richland County's court system and law enforcement would get a $2.7 million boost to hire and retain employees as part of a 2012-13 budget plan.

Darrien Brown, 45, is charged with criminal sexual conduct with a minor and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

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The South Carolina Highway Patrol has named David 'Billy' W. Yongue as captain over the Troop Two area, which includes Greenwood, Laurens, Abbeville, Newberry, Edgefield, McCormick and Saluda counties.

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Three Winnsboro women were among the graduates honored at Columbia College's commencement exercises May 7. Earning a master of education in divergent learning was Cheri Lynn Collins.

The Young Sandlapper Singers, an ensemble of more than 30 children from the Midlands in grades three through eight, will present a spring concert at 7 p.m. The program, titled , a pianist and Christian-music composer, will perform three shows at Saxe Gotha Presbyterian Church.

The Nickelodeon Theatre, as part of its Green on the Screen series, will screen the film "The Greenhorns" on the patio at Terra at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

An attorney for the Town of Winnsboro has charged the Town $1,104 to tell The Herald Independent that he charged the Town of Winnsboro $544 to provide collection services for overdue customer utility bills.

Let the Big Dog Eat! Cutest Pet Photo Contest Winner Ande with owner Blake Little and Fairfield County Deputy Administrator Davis Anderson.

After years of trying to protect their town from being overrun by growth, people in Blythewood opened a visitors center Thursday to show off what they love best about small-town life.

Buchanan, Mich.-based XPO also announced a first-quarter loss of $3.4 million, reversing a $1.1 million profit in the year-earlier period.

Downtown development, the Town swimming pool and the transfer of Blythewood customers to Columbia water were some of the topics discussed during the Winnsboro Town Council 2012-2013 budget work session Wednesday evening.

The South Carolina Highway Patrol has named David 'Billy' W. Yongue as captain over the Troop Two area, which includes Greenwood, Laurens, Abbeville, Newberry, Edgefield, McCormick and Saluda counties.

In March, Winnsboro Town Council authorized Town Manager Don Wood to sign a Bulk Water Contract with the City of Columbia to temporally serve the Blythewood area with water.

Blythewood, SC - It's hard to tell the kids when your dog runs away, but even harder when you think you found it, but another family says it's their long lost pup.

Lauren Celeste Mikell and James Livingston Bruner, Jr. were united in marriage on Saturday, April 28, 2012 in the water front courtyard of Harborside East in Mt.