Whitmire News

Richland County deputies say they are looking for two people wanted in connection for several robberies in the Decker Boulevard and Percival Road area.

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

For several decades he was a champion for the disabled, but early Wednesday morning the life of Whitmire native Glenn Bledsoe was taken in an automobile wreck.

A former South Carolina church deacon who tried to rob a bank was sentenced Thursday to almost 11 years in prison after a federal judge heard emotional testimony from relatives who pleaded for mercy and from bank employees whose lives were threatened.

ROLL IT a ' Whitmirea TMs new garbage truck rolled in the towna TMs parade last weekend.

The peaks and valleys of Advanced Placement data released this week were the highest and lowest in six years of district numbers.

The a oeChristmas presenta Whitmire was hoping for arrived yesterday morning from Gov.

Excitement filled the air as people gathered along Main Street for the second annual Spirit of Christmas Parade.

The following are guilty pleas taken during the general sessions term of court that started Nov.

Driving 15 miles over the speed limit helped land a man and his girlfriend in jail on drug charges Friday morning.

Trees and debris littered roads and the countryside in most of the county this morning.

About 75 people came out for the first of three meetings on a redevelopment study of the Broad River Road corridor.

A scene that resembled a demolition derby played out on the streets of Newberry Monday night.

Savanna Moore, center, of The Acts of Faith drama team worships God with dance. Life can be hard in the teen years.

Newberry County 10th-graders came close to statewide scores this year for passing both sections of the high school exit exam on the first try.

This month, the first step toward raising town crypt costs to $500 per gravesite from the town's current $250 rate happened in Whitmire Nov.

Whitmire's $127,000 grant-funded trash truck arrived Nov. 2 and the grant-funded trash carts will soon arrive at homes.

By Donna Bumgarner When veteran organizations like American Legion Post 70 work hand-in-hand with teachers to get something done, it usually does.

Ita s official. Whitmire water and sewer rates will again increase at the first of the year to help cover the revenue lost from the closing of the Renfro plant, the towna s biggest water customer.

Rosman's Joanna Whitmire spikes the ball against Pender in last week's 1-A state championship in Raleigh.