Mullins News

U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett has sent a letter to his rival South Carolina gubernatorial campaigns which - for reasons surpassing our understanding - has the bloggers and reporters who are covering this race in a tizzy.

Russell Stover's candy outlet store closed its doors for good on Oct. 27. Although the 30-year candy factory has been closed since April 2000, the store remained open but was not making much money Marion County Economic Development Commission Director Rodney Berry said during a monthly meeting held this past week.

As we noted earlier this week, S.C. Superintendent of Education Jim Rex's fortunes have been flagging lately In fact, it's almost as bad for him these days as it is for the tens of thousands of South Carolina school children he keeps trapped in failing and below average schools.

A community walk against violent crime in Rock Hill is planned for Saturday, beginning at the Emmett Scott Center on Crawford Road and ending at the City Hall Plaza with several speakers.

SC Department of Agriculture commissioner, Hugh Weathers stopped by the Holiday Harvest at Broadway at the Beach in Myrtle Beach Thursday morning.

Gene Sullivan, the Rock Hill insurance agent who allegedly took money from elderly clients in a Ponzi scheme that lasted two decades, appeared in federal court Wednesday to ask the judge for more time in his arraignment.

An irate grocery shopper assaulted a Clover mom and daughter Monday evening after they tried twice to sell her school fundraising items she didn't want, police said.

Buddy Owens was mad, standing outside in 40-degree weather early Sunday morning, hosing egg off his truck.

Coker College's evening program is hosting information sessions for prospective adult students in Lake City and Mullins.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dwight Drake announced his plan Thursday for creating jobs and said if elected he would create a bipartisan 'jobs cabinet' to go after industry, including the targeting of another auto plant.

Two more people have been arrested in the armed robbery of a Rock Hill woman who police say was sleeping on her couch last month when she was held at knifepoint.

A train derailment in downtown Mullins has several streets blocked off, including Main Street.

Four senior managers at Miller-Valentine have received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification: Kurt Eyring; Doug Putlock; Jon Brockman; and Brooks Williams .

A Mullins man is the most recent big winner, scoring an $100,000 prize in the scratch off lottery game Bags of Cash.

Two gubernatorial candidates, Rep. Nikki Haley and state Superintendent of Education Jim Rex underperformed their competitors this financial quarter.

A juvenile who told police he needed a ride to Old Friendship Road was arrested minutes later Friday evening, after a deputy saw the boy was carrying a gun.

Coker College's Department of Social Work has partnered with the S.C. Department of Social Services and six other colleges and universities in the state to create the S.C. Professional Development Consortium.

Marion County Sheriff's Office hosted the first annual Operation Blue Tornado on Oct.

A 22-year-old former Marine accused of killing a pregnant colleague near his North Carolina base has asked to have the trial moved out of Onslow County.

Marion County has long been starved for jobs; many industrial operations there have vanished, and the nation's economic downturn has only made the situation worse.