May 31, 2009 | The Item
Richard and Elizabeth Singleton Bradford migrated from Virginia to South Carolina during the late 1700s.
Teen's body washes ashore at Myrtle Beach
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. The body of a missing 16-year-old South Carolina boy has washed ashore at Myrtle Beach.
A Sumter woman died from a possible drowning at 2:21 p.m. Saturday while vacationing in Myrtle Beach, according to Horry County Deputy Coroner Tamara Willard.
Clyburn speaks of value of such programs, especially at threatened East Side center
Congressman Jim Clyburn talks to students from Fraser Elementary School after reading them a book Monday.
Spring Game Photo Gallery No. 2
The South Carolina football team concluded spring practice Saturday with the spring game, and photographer Chris Brunson was on hand for Gamecock Central to capture all of the sights and scenes.
Photo Gallery: USC-Long Beach St. II
South Carolina defeated Long Beach State, 7-5, Saturday afternoon in Columbia, and photographer Chris Brunson was there to capture all of the sights and scenes for Gamecock Central.
Hemingway eatery gets high marks for barbecue
Of the stops the four college students from Birmingham-Southern College in Alabama made for their study of Southern barbecue, one was in Hemingway on Jan.
Local peanut farmers speak out about salmonella outbreak
James Mole has been farming since 1972. His family grows cotton, corn, peanuts, and soybeans on their farm in Brunson, South Carolina.
Airport beautification? Trees must go, DOT says
A tree-planting project to beautify Airport Boulevard is being uprooted by the highway department, which says nearly half the 100 new trees are blocking billboards.
Six Lowcountry residents convicted of dog fighting
Six people have been convicted of dog fighting in Hampton County by 15th Judicial Circuit Court Judge Benjamin Culbertson.
CHARGES: Robert Lee Brunson, 18, of 970 Salterstown Road, was arrested at 1:26 a.m. Saturday at the intersection of Fagan and Kingman streets and charged with reckless driving and violation of South Carolina ...
Mount Pleasant a ' Cario Middle School PTSA hopes to raise enough money to send four Cario students and their chaperones to a national honor choir in Oklahoma City.
Prosecutors: Appoint counsel in 3 Hebrew Boys case
Three South Carolina men accused of bilking investors out of millions of dollars shouldn't be allowed to represent themselves at trial, federal prosecutors said Monday, asserting that the defendants would use ...
City helps tide over Boys & Girls Club
Emergency funding from the city of Charleston allowed the Boys & Girls Club to reopen it downtown Shaw Unit today, and the $5,000 grant should keep the center and its after-school programs running until Jan.
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After-school cuts stir fears of kids home alone
Directors of after-school programs around the nation fear the deepening recession will force more children to spend afternoons home alone or on the street as cash-strapped governments slash funding and donations shrink.
Seven Boys & Girls Clubs serving more than 600 children ages 6 to 18 in poor neighborhoods of coastal South Carolina announced plans to close Friday, at least temporarily.
While those programs become early victims of the economic downturn, many of the nation's 4,300 Boys & Girls programs are trimming hours, consolidating locations and cutting field trips to get by, said Kirk Dominick, an executive vice president with Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
Because of budget shortfalls, the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Trident Area will be closing its seven sites from Dec.
Hundreds of At-Risk Kids May Be On Their Own After School
Some of the youngest people in South Carolina will soon be feeling the effects of the current economic strains.