Calhoun Falls News

Neil was born in Calhoun Falls, son of the late Carnell and Nellie Chrisley. He was a professional Major League baseball player with the Boston Red Sox, New York Mets and Detroit Tigers, and an avid golfer and member of Star Fort National Golf Course.

Nancy Whitworth gives a presentation on community vibrancy at a Ten at the Top workshop.

Neil Chrisley, a South Carolinian who played major league baseball player in the late 1950s, has died.

The Abbeville County Transportation Committee met last Monday to approve more than $224,000 in funds for county infrastructure projects.

And the 31st edition of the sale proved that, as not even an early morning downpour could dampen the spirits of the vendors and shoppers.

From staff reports CALHOUN FALLS - The biggest event of the year for Calhoun Falls will have its own lead-in act.

Ray Watson is hugged by his wife, Melanie, right, and Christine Long after being voted Abbeville County's Sheriff.

From staff reports A Georgia woman killed herself at the Blue Hole recreation site in Calhoun Falls late Friday morning, according to officials.

If Mayor Lee Garrett and administrators Tuck Hanna and Paul Gilbert have their way, the Blue Hole recreation site will become a destination site for the Lakelands and beyond.

Members of the Mt. Carmel-Willington-Calhoun Falls Men's Club will hold their seventh annual health fair and blood drive at the Mims Center in Willington on Saturday, May 11, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Abbeville Wellness will be conducting the health fair and the Blood Connection will be in charge of the blood drive.

Brandon Cobb of Greenwood, S.C., weighed a five-bass limit totaling 17 pounds, 5 ounces Saturday to win the Bass Fishing League Savannah River Division tournament on Lake Hartwell.