Prosperity News

Work is winding down on phase one of the construction of the Mid-Carolina Commerce Park and county leaders are examining second-phase financing and finalizing signage details.

Church services Belmont Baptist Church will hold services at 10:00 am instead of 8:00 am Bethany Lutheran, Newberry BETHEL BAPT-PROSPERITY ALL SUNDAY SERVICES CANCELED Bush River Missionary Baptist Church Epting Memorial United Methodist - No Sunday School but will have worship Glenn Street Baptist - No morning services Lebanon United Methodist ...

Richard Glover wasn't thinking about competitions or prizes when he took a picture of a fireworks-filled sky one July 4 night.

With December unemployment in South Carolina reaching 12.6 percent, gubernatorial candidates have outlined plans for filling existing job vacancies and creating new jobs to put people back to work.

The Town of Prosperity is officially closing down two inactive water wells to satisfy the state's Department of Health and Environmental Control.

The state's new measuring rod by way of its PASS test to determine "proficiency," and the hard work of local schools, lifted the Newberry district in the latest round of federal education scoring.

Two major wrecks caused havoc on the roadways near Newberry County this week. Monday, a T-bone wreck on Highway 395 near Kempsona s Bridge, just inside the Saluda county line, left the driver of a compact car pinned inside.

Three Newberry County schools were put on lockdown Thursday afternoon after deputies searched for an armed robbery suspect nearby.

Columbia, SC - Henry McMaster's campaign for governor today announced that it has raised more than $1.454 million, including more than $350,000 during the final quarter of 2009.

A young man found in Prosperity has been taken into custody and stands accused of a double murder last night in at a Chappells gas station.

A man who is suspected of carjacking a vehicle at gunpoint in Prosperity just before 9:00 p.m. on December 31 was taken into custody last Friday after being pursued across three counties in South Carolina.

A wild search for a suspected carjacker ended early Friday when a Prosperity resident surrendered to authorities after a seven-hour, three-county manhunt.

A woman and her child are safe in Newberry County after officials say a Prosperity man carjacked them Thursday night.

In a county that boasts one of the lowest crime rates in the state, three murders occurred this year.

You don't have to go far to find Prosperity, and all that stands in your way is a Little Mountain.

Newberry County deputies are looking for three men who held up a store clerk and her pregnant friend.

Three black males still at large robbed the Citgo in Prosperity last night, fleeing the store with an undisclosed amount of money from the cash drawer, $50 worth of Newport cigarettes and $130 worth of cigars.

A 73-year-old was removed from his overturned car with cuts to his face, arms and head Christmas Eve around 12:16 p.m. on Counts Sausage Road in Prosperity, said Chief of Prosperity Rescue Squad Robert Dennis.

Local law enforcement gathered last week to discuss its plans for traffic patrols over the holidays.

With Christmas just around the corner, a rash of break-ins are being reported. Newberry police have worked a dozen car break-ins throughout the city, while Prosperity police are responding to reports of robbed autos.