Hampton News

The Yemessee Police have arrested 35-year-old Lawrence E. Bowers of Henderson, SC after he fled on foot following a car chase.

An exhibit opening Friday allows a glimpse into the lives of young women who came to Columbia at the turn of the last century to earn college degrees and develop careers.

Toni Bourguignon with her dogs Sawyer and Hampton at their Johns Island home Thursday.

The South Carolina Department of Public Safety will conduct a hurricane evacuation exercise on Thursday to test lane reversal plans for all three major coastal areas of the state.

You might never have heard of abolitionist Sarah Grimke, the daughter of a Charleston plantation slaveholder, whose earliest criminal deed was covertly, by the light of a fireplace, teaching a slave to read.

Unfold a blanket on the State House lawn and settle in for an evening of jazz. Skipp Pearson, Pete Neighbour and the Moutin Reunion Quartet will entertain at Jazz Under the Stars from 6-9 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Recycling possibilities in the Columbia area are expanding, giving businesses and residents more options to practice the third R - after reduce and reuse.

Four of the 37 people arrested back in April were in a Hampton County, SC courtroom today, on cockfighting charges, the first in Hampton County's history.

A South Carolina woman awaiting trial on a charge of abusing her boyfriend's son has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty in the death of her own 1-year-old boy.

A 30-year-old Estill woman was sentenced to 30 years in prison Monday after she pleaded guilty to causing the death of her 13-month-old son by abuse and neglect.

Artisphere: Greenville's Arts Weekend is a perfect example of the old adage about not tinkering with proven success.

Boys to Men meeting Williamsburg County Boys to Men Club, Inc. will meet each Tuesday evening in the Kingstree Elementary School Annex Character Academy Cafeteria on North Academy Street at 6 p.m. All concerned parents are welcome.

A South Carolina man faces an arrest warrant filed Thursday after Fayetteville police learned that he exchanged pornographic pictures with a teenage girl from Fayetteville.

The Community Animal Shelter of Hampton delivered its annual report to the county council last week, and the report was grim.

All southbound lanes of Interstate 95 have reopened after a tractor-trailer fire earlier today just north of Interstate 16.

LUCY HAMPTON BOSTICK AWARD: Friends of the Richland County Public Library is accepting nominations for the Lucy Hampton Bostick Award, which recognizes a South Carolina author, someone who has written a significant literary work about South Carolina or someone in the Midlands who has advanced interest in books or libraries.

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division says a Hampton County man has been arrested in an officer involved shooting investigation.

Authorities say more than three dozen people have been cited for cockfighting after a bust in South Carolina.

Anniversary Good Shepherd Outreach Ministries, 118 Commerce Street, Sumter, will celebrate its sixth anniversary on Saturday, April 18, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., a family and friends cook.

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division announces the arrest of a Hampton County man accused of multiple automobile fraud charges.