Chester News

Two major thoroughfares in the city of Chester have made a cut to have sidewalks installed using federal stimulus money, County Council was told Monday night.

A Chester, SC man was indicted Wednesday in a four-count indictment alleging he possessed four stolen vehicles from January to April 2007.

The July 4th holiday weekend ended with one traffic fatality in Chester County. A Chester man walking southbound on Ashford Road was struck and killed by a car around 3:20 a.m. July 5. According to Lance Cpl.

Investigators with the South Carolina Highway Patrol say a 50-year-old Chester man has died after being struck by a vehicle Sunday morning.

A 50-year-old man was hit and killed by a car in Chester Co., S.C. early Sunday morning.

Residents reported hearing loud sounds like an explosion and seeing flames shoot through the roof of the former Rock Hill Printing and Finishing Co.

McMahan,Mary Ann Looking for my sister Shirley Jean born 1956 in Chester, South Carolina.

Chester County authorities say they scouted a large marijuana field for several days before conducting a raid on the property Monday.

Not many people see their 65-year high school reunion, but members of Rock Hill High School's class of 1944 can count themselves lucky.

A Democratic state legislator who represents part of Chester County is calling for a grand jury to investigate whether Gov.

Seagrave Fire Apparatus will host an open house from 1 to 8 p.m. Friday at its new location at 251 N. Wilson St.

For the second time this week, law enforcement officers announced a major drug bust in the state.

In Chester County, two arrests have been made in a multi-million dollar marijana bust.

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The bulldozers were working off in the distance, but their wheels and engines could clearly be heard by a crowd of about 40 public officials on a site off Beltline Road.

Severe weather struck western Chester County Thursday night, the second time this week the county has been hit.

Trees are blown over instead of twisted, for example. Howell said he had 'no reservations whatsoever' that tornadoes came through York County Tuesday, but he has no confirmation that they touched the ground.

A volunteer firefighter had a heart attack and died in his car Tuesday evening while surveying the land for downed trees and power lines in Chester, officials say.

Severe thunderstorms and at least three reported tornadoes ripped across a three-county area west of Charlotte on Tuesday evening, downing trees, knocking out power to thousands, and blocking a section of Interstate 85.

A severe weather system passed over Chester County from about 6:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. The National Weather Service had issued a tornado warning for the county, which was to expire at 7:15. At least one report of a twister is being sent to the NWS for confirmation, according to Eddie Murphy, director of Chester County Emergency Management.