Hemingway News

Taylors and Mt. Pleasant students earn $1,000 awards, engraved medallions and trip to nation's capital Honors also bestowed on youth volunteers in Greenwood, Hemingway, Summerville, and Anderson Jennifer Pham, 17, of Taylors and Alec Robinovitz, 10, of Mount Pleasant today were named South Carolina's top two youth volunteers for 2010 by The ...

During the upcoming yearly review process for impact fees, Georgetown County Councilman Ron Charlton could ask that a hold be put on impact fees.

Do you believe in the Obama health plan? Do you believe in global warming, the tooth fairy, that Adam was a McKenzie, Eve was a Floyd, the apple came from IGA and the snake sold Avon products at Piney Forest? All of you who believe in global warming should shake hands with Ole Scrap Iron.

Excessive amounts of rainfall in the Pee Dee and Grand Strand recently have caused many rivers to crest at or near flood stage.

A Johnsonville woman and her daughter are among five people sentenced for conspiring to distribute controlled substances, acting U.S. Attorney Kevin F. McDonald said in a press release.

On January 29, Marty Baggett of Hemingway stood before Third Circuit Court Judge Clifton Newman and pleaded to a charge of involuntary manslaughter.

Singing Kingstree First Pentecostal Holiness Church, located on Hwy. 52 and McCall Rd., is hosting a singing with The Locklair in the 11 a.m. service on January 31.

Third Circuit Court Judge Clifton Newman did not accept a guilty plea to a charge of involuntary manslaughter from a man charged in connection with the 2007 death of a Hemingway woman.

A family waiting nearly three years for a conviction in the death of Jean Turner say they don't feel justice will be served after a judge is expected to close their case on Friday.

A Hemingway man is scheduled to appear in a Williamsburg County courtroom Friday in connection with the 2007 death of Jean Roberts Turner, Talmadge Turner, the victim's son, said.

Dillon and Williamsburg counties are twins, they have the same DNA. The only things Dillon's got that Williamsburg County doesn't is Time magazine's Person of the Year Ben Bernanke, South of the Border and high schools that know how to win a state football championship.

While the national recession started in 2007, retail sales in Georgetown County have not changed since about 2004.

Editora s note: This letter was also being distributed to homeowners and businesses along Black River Road.

Business owners were told Thursday that there could be a wide ripple effect of industries and housing in Georgetown County that could benefit from Boeing being nearby.

As hundreds of National Guard soldiers deployed from places like Georgetown, Andrews, Hemingway, and Myrtle Beach this week, their loved ones here at home decided to help keep the troops' spirits up with some of the small comforts of home while they are fighting in Afghanistan.

As the members of 178th Field Artillery Battalion were preparing to depart Wednesday for Afghanistan, Capt.

A rousing sendoff for the troops took place today, when members of the 178th Field Artillery left for Afghanistan.

Neighbors of a Georgetown County woman whose home caught fire Jan 4 are already taking steps to help their fellow resident get back on her feet.

Tuesday, January 05, 2010 at 3:02 p.m. Read more: Local , South Carolina Army National Guard , Year Long Stint in Afghanistan About 500 South Carolina Army National Guard soldiers are heading to Indiana Wednesday before beginning a year-long stint in Afghanistan.

A deployment breakfast has been scheduled to honor guardsmen from the Hemingway area deploying to Afghanistan with South Carolina's 178th National Guard Battalion on Wednesday.