Richburg News

Chester County will apply for the next phase of a grant to perhaps build a bridge over a frequently flooding road in eastern Chester County.

The waste-to-energy incinerator proposed for eastern Chester County has been checked out fully, according to County Councilman Joe Branham.

As Chester County moves forward with approvals necessary to allow a proposed waste-to-energy incinerator to locate in Chester County, citizen opposition to the plan is beginning to take shape.

Chester County Council will have a special called meeting at 10 a.m. Friday to give a zoning change the second of three required readings.

As Chester County moves forward with approvals necessary to allow a proposed waste-to-energy incinerator to locate in Chester County, citizen opposition to the plan is beginning to take shape.

Chester County Council will discuss another economic development project at a special called meeting Friday, according to a revised agenda sent out Wednesday.

Cancer cases in Fort Lawn were higher than expected from 2002 to 2006, the latest data available from the state Department of Health and Environmental Control's Cancer Registry, and increased two cases from the prior reporting period.

In joint meetings last night, a proposed incinerator that might create 50 jobs and possibly another 50 spinoff jobs and create an investment from $350 to $500 million was given initial green lights from the Chester County Planning Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals.

A proposed incinerator that might create 50 jobs and possibly another 50 spinoff jobs will not burn any hazardous waste, according to a county official who has seen the company in operation.

The Library Board of Directors appointed Taylor as interim director following library director Ann Ramsey's retirement in the summer.

Belton White / The Item First-grade Kingsbury Elementary School students feed a cow at Richburg Farms in Manning on Thursday while on a field trip.

One hundred forty-second church anniversary celebration, 2 p.m. Sunday. All invited.

Chester County Sheriff Richard Smith asked County Council Monday to pass an ordinance requiring all clubs to shut down at 2 a.m., even private ones, and remain closed for at least four hours.

Three Lancaster men are behind bars, and a victim was hospitalized after a Sunday morning shooting in the parking lot of a Richburg night club, authorities said.

Beltline Road from S.C. Highway 9 to Old Richburg Road was closed Tuesday night because of a possible chemical spill.

Imagine the force, the roaring winds and the destruction of a Category 4 hurricane.

The driver of a motorcycle who wrecked on Labor Day has died, The N&R has learned.

Investigators said an 11-month-old Chester County girl who died at Carolinas Medical Center over the weekend had been sexually assaulted.

A sometimes teary and sometimes combative George Rogers took the stand in his own defense Thursday afternoon, the last witness in his trial on two counts of reckless homicide in the March 26, 2007 deaths of two Richburg-area children.

ROCK HILL, S.C. Investigators say someone beat and sexually abused an 11-month-old South Carolina baby before she died.