Gilbert News

From the Nitro Nationals at Rocky Mountain Raceways to the Rocky Mountain Nationals at Castrol Raceway, IHRA's west coast swing continues this weekend as drivers from all over the globe converge on Edmonton, Alberta, Canada for the seventh annual River Cree Resort and Casino Rocky Mountain Nationals presented by Paradise RV.

Torchlight Tattoo, Fort Jackson's annual Independence Day celebration, starts at 8 p.m. at Hilton Field.

The fireworks show on Lake Murray - one of the area's biggest - will be shorter this Fourth of July.

Celebration of life services for Donald Leroy McCune, 91, will be held 2:00 p.m. Sunday, June 21, 2009, at Gilbert United Methodist Church with the Reverend Linda Dunn officiating.

Lexington County deputies say a fight between family members led to a killing. Calvin Corbett, 56, has been charged with murder and use of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime.

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Funeral services for Charles "Chuck" Wallace, Sr., 67, of Gilbert, will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, June 15, 2009 at the Chapel of Thompson Funeral Home of Lexington.

A local Batesburg-Leesville landmark has a new lease on life, thanks to a rebuilt dam.

SueAnn Winters had a turning point a year ago. She had just broken up with her boyfriend and moved out of their house with her two children.

One of the nation's 97 living recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor was a surprise guest at Saturday's luncheon honoring the late James Cothran of Bishopville, the only national commander of the VFW from South Carolina.

The new blacksmith exhibit at the South Carolina Cotton Museum is a work in progress, said Executive Director Janson Cox.

Services for Laurie Ann Royster, 44, will be conducted at 2:00 pm Sunday at First Calvary Baptist Church with the Rev.

Gilbert High teacher Lisa Adkins and Gilbert Elementary School Principal Delmer Blankenship stand on the front steps at Blankenship's school looking at flood mud caked on the sidewalk.

Evelyn Harmon, 80, passed away Monday, May 4, 2009. Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, May 8 at Rehoboth United Methodist Church with private burial conducted by Rev.

Lexington County Sheriff's Investigator Marty Longshore has been named Employee of the Quarter for the first quarter of 2009.

Selma Dakken Eykyn, 92, died Sunday, April 19, 2009, in Galloway Township, New Jersey.

George Poepping of Gilbert drove into Barefoot Resort on Friday afternoon, stopping at a road where about 10 houses had burned to the ground.

Heritage Hills Drive, 200 block, 11:48 a.m. April 13. A pot left cooking on the stove caught fire, resulting in $5,500 damage to the structure and contents of a home.

A fresh seafood steam pot sure can get you fired up for summertime. It's hard to beat the colorful combination of steamed crab legs, shrimp, scallops, mussels, clams and mahi mahi - along with potatoes, corn-on-the-cob and broccoli.

It was round two for the Honor Flight as another group of World War II veterans traveled to Washington DC to visit the World War II Memorial.