Williams News

The race for sheriff in Oconee County took a bizarre turn Wednesday with the arrest of Republican candidate James Bartee for trying to hire someone to kidnap a retired S.C. circuit judge.

Graduates of the Jobs for Life program Friday include, from left, Latoya Sullivan, Tonya Daniels, Dorothea Sease, Patrick Darr, Chris Williams and Matthew Watson.

Last week, Judge Edgar Dickson issued an order dismissing complaints levied in the courts against Barnwell County Council and their actions in replacing Barnwell County Hospital Board members last year.

Charleston County EMS workers load a mo-ped rider who was injured Tuesday at King and Line streets into an ambulance.

Though not on their April 17, public hearing and regular meeting agenda, Williamsburg County Council discussed abandoned and dilapidated homes littering several communities within the county.