Fort Lawn News

Concerned Fort Lawn residents did not want to talk just about purchases made through a government surplus system by a former employee at Tuesday's meeting of Fort Lawn Town Council.

Chester County Attorney Joanie Winters on Tuesday threatened to sue Fort Lawn residents questioning purchases made in the town of Fort Lawn when Chester County Chief Deputy Robert Cauthen was the police department's lieutenant because she said Cauthen is being slandered.

Two former Fort Lawn Town Council members expressed surprise that they got some straight answers during an impromptu question-and-answer session after Tuesday's special called meeting.

Julius "Weyland" Burns has decided to resign his spot on the Fort Lawn Town Council, effective immediately.

Great Falls High School will graduate 81 students in commencement exercises at 5 p.m. today at the Great Falls High School stadium.

No charges will be filed against a South Carolina Highway Patrol trooper who struck and killed a pedestrian on a Spartanburg road.

The chief of the Fort Lawn Police Department has been arrested, accused of stealing money during an investigation.

The town of Fort Lawn will give final approval to a budget that keeps the same level of taxes as the past year.

One of the Catawa River's signature species has taken a couple of seasons off, but it should be back strong in 2009.

L&C Railway engineer Noland White's loud laugh rises from deep in his barrel chest and comes out with such fun-loving volume that it'll wipe the frown off any face within hearing distance.

Eastern Chester County was the scene of two collisions Wednesday morning, one fatal.

Firefighters sometimes describe their co-workers as brothers. They team up side-by-side as a brotherhood, often risking their own lives, to save the lives and property of others.

Cincheeria Chambers often walks from her Fort Lawn home to a memorial for her seven-year-old son.

Be on the lookout for Amy Johnson of Fort Lawn on the silver screen in "Hannah Montana: The Movie." Johnson, a Lancaster native, has a part in the Walt Disney feature, which opened in theaters nationwide April 10.

Fort Lawn Fire Chief Allen Culp found out what it was like to be on the other side Thursday evening.

She didn't pay but $9 and change for her Rock Hill High School class of 1942 ring.

A huge road project linking two counties is finally getting a good look in Rock Hill on Friday night.

The upcoming City of Chester municipal election will be the first run under the complete authority of the Chester County Election Commission.

A team of bounty hunters alerted the Chester County Sheriff's Office to a suspect who was wanted in another county, and when deputies went to arrest that man at a Fort Lawn residence, a drug raid ensued.

There is laughter and smiles in the room as one participant shares her new blood test results from her last doctor's visit.