Sharon News

Loretta Griffith Brown Bramlett died on Sunday, June 28, 2009. She is the daughter of the late Julian Kennerly Griffith and Lillie Bates Griffith.

Gov. Mark Sanford's Wednesday afternoon admission of infidelity prompted a variety of responses from Sumterites.

A team of National Weather Service meteorologists determined a tornado did touch down near York.

A children's museum proposed in the heart of downtown Rock Hill cleared its final hurdle Monday night when York County leaders agreed to put up money for the project.

How does one become successful? Once successful, how does one stay that way? Those are questions the 2009 Christian Men's Fellowship Conference hopes to answer this weekend.

Confusion on roads that need work and don't get it -- happens every day. But a road most everyone thinks is perfectly fine shut down for construction? "A few people have been calling me," said Tom Smith, Lake Wylie's representative to York County Council.

Clark Ellefson gets Artista Vista, the art gallery crawl. "It's kind of like a music festival.

The weeks-old baby in the nursery wakes and cries, and Ann and Joe Ippolito do what they have done for 24 years and 98 babies - rush to take care of the baby.

Students make Winthrop honors lists Several local students earned spots on Winthrop University's 2008 Fall President's List and Dean's List.

For 10 years, Sharon Huntington has worked at Clack's Convenience Corner on Lancaster Street.

Editor's note: The following information is compiled from incident reports from the York and Clover Police Departments as well as the York County Sheriff's Office.

York County leaders signaled support Monday night for an interactive children's museum in downtown Rock Hill.

Three summers ago Lake Wylie businesses asked a simple question about a new hospitality tax for unincorporated York County.

President Barack Obama's executive order reversing federal policy on stem cell research delighted some and dismayed others.

An interactive children's museum proposed in downtown Rock Hill would use 3-D exhibits, colorful shapes and play equipment to create what organizers tout as a whimsical playland honoring the late artist Vernon ...

Jerry Bradham, assistant chief with the Sharon Fire Department, has been named 2008 York County Firefighter of the Year.

The Museum of Western York County is open for only a few hours each week, but visitors soon will need more than a couple of hours on a Sunday to see its collection.

At least one set of human eyes is supposed to be on the giraffes at all times in the exhibit at Riverbanks Zoo.

The York County firefighting community took a moment last week, as it has done annually since 2000, to honor a firefighter who has stood out in the county throughout the year.

A South Carolina zoo has "spotted" its new arrival. A baby giraffe is making his debut at the Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia this week.