York News

A York school bus that went up in flames last year was the same make and model as a Charlotte bus that caught fire Thursday.

I was chatting with a friend not too long ago who said that all people pretty much follow this rule, whether they admit it or not: I'm not sure I entirely agree, but I was reminded of it the other day during a legislative meeting about a bill that would regulate "music therapists." Elizabeth York, a professor of the field from Converse College, was ... (more)

News & Public Affairs Director Bea Thompson talked with folks at the Actors Theater about the production adapted by a York, South Carolina native, Charles Randolph Wright.

In the Furr house in Chester – a rural farmhouse that lost a daughter and granddaughter almost three years ago in a Charlotte car crash caused by cars racing at 100 mph – some days are better than others.

When he was a teenager, Brian Rose reported a house fire in York and watched as the firefighters who responded bravely battled the blaze.

On Friday, 34-year-old Samuel DeCarlos Watson of Clover was working at the landfill on Public Works Road in York, according to a York County Sheriff's Office report.

Two people were arrested Sunday in the first meth lab bust of 2012 after investigators discovered they were making the drugs in their home, York County officials say.

Solas, one of the most popular, influential Celtic bands around, will be in concert at 8 p.m. Thursday at Clover School District Auditorium, 1625 S.C. 55 E., Clover.

Helping troubled families and abused or neglected children, says new York Place CEO Marco Tomat, is the hardest field he's ever worked in - "and absolutely the most rewarding." "I see the changes in families, in young people's lives - in families being restored after being separated, and getting generational poverty and alcoholism resolved through ... (more)

The Greater York Chamber of Commerce presented business awards during its 73rd annual meeting Friday at the fellowship hall of the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in York.

Just after 5 p.m, the 31-year-old man drove his 2000 Nissan van into the Subway restaurant at 416 E. Liberty St., York Police Chief Andy Robinson said.

Adam Bennett, 21, Peter De Lucchi, 47, and Shannon Millstead, 31, all of York, and Hai Nguyen, 20, of Rock Hill, were charged with selling alcohol to a person under the age of 21 on Saturday, according to York County Sheriff's Office reports.

The average age of a homeless person in York County is just nine years - and homeless children are just part of the phenomenon sometimes referred to as "generation hungry." Lora Holladay, community investment director with the United Way of York County, said nearly 200 people are homeless in York County, based on the most recent count.

Penny Puckett grew up in the restaurant business, cooking meals, waiting tables and doing other chores.

When students at Hunter Street Elementary School began mixing their art classes with lessons in literacy, they impressed even themselves with the words they put down on paper.

John Harshaw farms row after row of crops such as corn, beans, hay and wheat along the York-Chester county line.

Cost-conscious residents wanting to squeeze more out of their money may want to consider a fresh approach for purchasing produce.

Andrew Dys - Andrew Dys - Medrue Salerni, front, votes absentee Friday as Anne Gilfillan of York County's elections office assists another Morningside center resident.

The winners will be named March 27 in Columbia. Each year, two elementary schools, one middle school and one high school receive the top honors.

Republican candidates are crisscrossing the state of South Carolina leading up to Saturday's primary.