Hemingway News

Florence County School District three's Board of Trustees voted unanimously Thursday night to award a three-year auditing contract to Lawrimore & Lawrimore of Hemingway.

Most Georgetown County employees will receive a 3 percent bonus in the next fiscal year, according to a preliminary budget presented to County Council at a workshop last week.

Investigators still don't know why two brothers were attacked this week after they supposedly got lost on Johns Island, a sheriff's spokesman said Friday.

Is Aaron Franklin tired of repeatedly being told he's so awesome at barbecue yet? Southern Living has named him to their " Smokin' Hot List " of the South's best pit masters , alongside the likes of the very beardy Will Fleischman at Lockhart Smokehouse in Dallas and Rodney Scott of Scott's Bar-B-Que in Hemingway, South Carolina.

Are these dudes the South's best pit masters ? Southern Living seems to think so, naming Austin's Aaron Franklin of Franklin Barbecue , Rodney Scott of Scott's Bar-B-Que in Hemingway, South Carolina and the very beardy Will Fleischman of Lockhart Smokehouse in Dallas to their list of ten top guys "united by a smoky passion." In some cases, that ... (more)

Most Georgetown County employees will receive a 3 percent bonus in the next fiscal year, according to a preliminary budget presented to County Council at a workshop on Monday afternoon.

An ordinance that would allow the Sheriff's Office to ticket illegally parked cars instead of towing them was deferred by County Council on Tuesday night after members raised concerns about the fines and deputies overzealously writing tickets.

The next installment of a Civil War lecture series being presented by the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission will be held in Hartsville on May 17 at 6 p.m. at the Lawton Park Pavilion, 716 Prestwood Drive.

HEMINGWAY, S.C. - There has been plenty of NFL talent to come out of the state of South Carolina -- many from the Geathers family tree.

Funeral services for Peter James Pressley, conducted by the Rev. Anna G. Miller, were held Saturday, April 28, 2012, at Friendship United Methodist Church of Nesmith.

After years of being closed on weekends, the Georgetown County landfill will now be open for two hours on Saturdays through the summer.

For the first time in a number of years, the venerable Barbecue Shag Festival in Hemingway held an event that gave back to the community.

The next installment of a Civil War lecture series being presented by the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission will be held in Hartsville on Thursday, May 17, at 6 p.m. at the Lawton Park Pavilion, 716 Prestwood Drive.

Clay Owens, a teacher at Hemingway Annex and varsity football assistant coach has lost nearly 340 pounds since having gastric bypass surgery more than a year ago.

Carl Harmon, executive director of Caring and Sharing in Hemingway, leafs through a set of records at the food bank's headquarter on Thursday, April 26.