Livingston News

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.

At 11.4 percent, one of the worst unemployment rates in the nation, most South Carolinians are focused on economic development as our top concern, and with good cause.

Richland County might be the only governmental entity in the Columbia area that is giving serious thought to raising taxes in order to balance its 2009-10 budget.

Lexington County Council is planning to cut almost $400,000 in requests for aid next year from agencies that help victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and house fires, and even to politically potent National Guard armories.

Martha Livingston Young of 1954 Lee Way St., 75, died Sunday, May 10. Mrs. Young died Sunday morning at the Regional Medical Center in Orangeburg.

One of the nation's highest honors for a military unit has been awarded to the S.C. National Guard's 218th Brigade Combat Team for its role in Afghanistan.

Mrs. Barbara Perry DiFino Haras, 83, of Neeses, formerly of North, died Tuesday, April 21, 2009, after an extended illness.

The mother and daughter who operated the Five Rivers Community Development Corp.

As at least one more food pantry prepares to open along the Grand Strand, existing ones are struggling to keep up their stock as demand continues to rise.

An Orangeburg man has been found guilty of a lesser charge in the killing of another man, but the defendant was still sentenced to life in prison.

Thank you Charlie, and thank you all for being here tonight. I would like to introduce Columbia City Council: E. W. Cromartie, Sam Davis, Tameika Devine, Daniel Rickenmann, Kirkman Finlay, and Belinda Gergel.

Even though Friday was the last day of the state's 2008-09 commercial shrimping season, many shrimp boats never left the docks at Jeremy Creek in McClellanville.

The death of a Georgetown County man is considered a murder after autopsy reports show he died from blunt force trauma to the head, said Georgetown County Coroner Kenny Johnson.

After two and a half years as chairman of Orangeburg County Council, Harry Wimberly was ousted from his leadership post Monday by a 4-3 vote of council.

Approximately 950 property tax bills in Orangeburg County have yet to be mailed out, according to County Assessor Jim McLean.

A native of North who left for New York City at the age of 8, entertainer Eartha Kitt reconnected with her South Carolina roots a decade before her death.

The recent letter of Mr. Whetsell and Mr. Baxley on the nonsense of property reassessments are warning bells for Orangeburg County Council.

The Christmas spirit came to the Nix-Stilton Road and New Brookland communities Sunday afternoon as they gathered for their first-ever Christmas parade.

Frustrated by what he said were unreturned phone calls and a meeting no one showed up for, a local businessman appealed to Orangeburg County Council for help Monday night.

The Goodfellows Club has raised $6,639 this holiday season to help distribute boxes of food to needy families in the Greenville area.