Brunson News

SGT. MICHAEL MODICA of the Columbia Police Department has received the S.C. National Safety Council's Alive at 25 Leadership Award.

South Carolina should remove the Confederate flag from the Statehouse grounds if it wants to grow its economy, a Democrat running for governor said Thursday.

Good news was in the air Thursday at the Farmers Market of Bluffton. It blended in the breeze with the aroma of boiled peanuts, gumbo from "We Island" of St.

A federal jury on Friday found three South Carolina men guilty of swindling more than $80 million from thousands of investors, many of whom prosecutors say fell victim to the Ponzi scheme because of their mounting debt.

Three South Carolina men accused of bilking people out of more than $80 million lied about how they would invest their money, so it doesn't matter if investors knew it was risky, prosecutors said Thursday.

Each year the Marion County Department of Social Services sponsors a Christmas Project.

Three South Carolina men accused of bilking investors out of millions of dollars are set to go on trial.

It seemed like a very normal afternoon in Lyman, S.C., a small southern town in upstate; the closest metropolis was Spartanburg, which wasn't all that much of a metropolis.

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.

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.

On the afternoon of Sept. 11, the walls of the Columbia Music Festival Association dance studio are lined with chairs filled with curious observers on one side and anxious dancers on the other.

At 67, Curtis Begley doesn't fit the typical mold of a rookie artist. He worked as a professional engineer for more than 20 years in Sumter, and he retired about 10 years ago.

The Arts Council of York County will sponsor an oyster roast and fundraiser during the grand opening of the Community Performance Center at 249 E. Main St., downtown Rock Hill.

The Arts Council of York County will sponsor an oyster roast and fundraiser during the grand opening of the Community Performance Center at 249 E. Main St., downtown Rock Hill.

Late into Monday night, or shall we say in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, when everybody else was feeling tired and ugly, the final 15 contestants in the Miss Black USA pageant stood on the auditorium stage at the University of the District of Columbia. All glittery and poured into their evening gowns, curves revealed, cheeks aching from all that smiling. Lipstick still perfect.

They clapped prettily for their competition, pretty eyes glancing around, wondering whether the next girl might look better in that dress, might have a little bit more talent, might have that added crispness to her answers or a dimension that makes her sparkle a little more brightly before the judges seated in the audience below.

The Hampton County Sheriff's Office seized and destroyed a large field of marijuana plants near Brunson.

Police say they have confiscated 128 marijuana plants in Hampton County Tuesday afternoon.

HAMPTON COUNTY, SC: The Hampton County Sheriff's Office confiscated 128 marijuana plants in an operation they initiated with the state drug eradication team Tuesday afternoon in Hampton County.

He was born in Sumter on June 6, 1855 and his parents were Charles T. Mason, Sr.

Richard and Elizabeth Singleton Bradford migrated from Virginia to South Carolina during the late 1700s.