Fort Lawn News

We apologize for the lateness of this editorial, but this is actually the first chance we've had to discuss the Fort Lawn sewer consultant issue, which was actually a campaign issue in the recent special election.

A proposed incinerator that might create 50 jobs and possibly another 50 spinoff jobs will not burn any hazardous waste, according to a county official who has seen the company in operation.

On Saturday Pritch and I attended our first hunt test in Fort Lawn, S.C. The event was hosted by the Carolina Boykin Spaniel Retriever Club, and I entered Pritch in the puppy division .

One hundred forty-second church anniversary celebration, 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25. All invited.

Covanta Energy will build a plant that may employ 50 people at a plant that might become an investment of $300 million to $500 million.

An incinerator company that turns waste into electricity is eying a site in Chester County, but needs two county boards to approve zoning changes to allow it to operate.

Three men from Lancaster County are in jail after a Lancaster man was shot early Sunday morning as deputies were trying to clear the parking lot of a night club in Richburg.

A man found guilty of a kidnapping and assault in February of 2007 and sentenced to 25 years in prison was in the Chester County Courthouse again Monday in an attempt to get a new trial.

A Chester County deputy on leave now for eight weeks may soon learn what two separate investigations have revealed about some of his activities while with the Fort Lawn Police Department.

Celebration to mark 106th church anniversary, 11 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 11. Theme: "Restoring the Community With the Word of God." Celebration continues at 2:30 p.m. with deacon ordination service for Brother Freeman Heath and Brother Frank McClurkin.

An event that has outgrown its venue more than once will be held in a location that will accommodate hundreds of people.

Voters in Fort Lawn get a chance to pick a new member of town council Tuesday. Two people are vying for a seat vacated when Weyland Burns resigned.

A 25-year-old man was killed early Sunday in a single-vehicle wreck in Chester County, the S.C. Highway Patrol says.

A driver not wearing a seatbelt Sunday morning ran off the right side of a Chester County road, hit a tree and died, Highway Patrol Lance Cpl.

Following the lead of Chester County Council, Fort Lawn Town Council approved first reading Tuesday of a measure to place restrictions on sexually-oriented businesses in the town limits.

Wednesday Bible study is recessed for the summer season. Armenia UMC Men's breakfast, 8 a.m. Sunday, Sept.

The Chester chapter of the NAACP is vigorously denying claims that it has been contacted to help a local family that was put out by a fire and separated in Richburg last week.

Laying down their blow torches and tools for a few minutes, several employees at Metso Power in Lancaster had a chance to speak with U.S. Sen.

The Fort Lawn Police Department is being manned by one full-time police officer.

Fire officials today were still investigating the cause of a blaze at a warehouse behind an abandoned plant in Great Falls that caught fire last night and burned to the ground.