Fort Lawn News

Chester County Coroner Terry Tinker said JaQuanda Monique Hammond of 514 Carobrook Apartments, Unit 16, Fort Lawn, died in an accident on Old River Road, about six tenths of a mile off S.C. Highway 9 east in Fort Lawn.

A project that would convert solid waste into electricity is moving forward in Chester County.

Liberty Hill AME Zion Church, Lake Wylie: Reconstructing the Family conference, 9:15 a.m. today and 10 a.m. worship Sunday.

Chester County Council will discuss another economic development project at a special called meeting Friday, according to a revised agenda sent out Wednesday.

Cancer cases in Fort Lawn were higher than expected from 2002 to 2006, the latest data available from the state Department of Health and Environmental Control's Cancer Registry, and increased two cases from the prior reporting period.

In joint meetings last night, a proposed incinerator that might create 50 jobs and possibly another 50 spinoff jobs and create an investment from $350 to $500 million was given initial green lights from the Chester County Planning Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals.

Her name is Haley, and she smiles all the time. She's 27, and she has had cerebral palsy all her life.

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.