Greenwood County News

GAYLE OSTROWSKI Ninety Six Patrick Moody represents Greenwood County Council District 5 with passion and conviction.

Names of Greenwood County veterans who passed away in the last year are read during a Memorial Day service Sunday afternoon.

GREEWOOD, SC One person was killed in a collision at the intersection of Sweetwater Road and the Bypass Sunday night around 6:15pm. A gray Kia Rio and a white Ford Explorer were involved in the collision.

GREENWOOD, SC A garage burned completely down Sunday night on Stoney Point Road.

Piggly Wiggly, that venerable Southern chain of grocery stores, has a slogan that appears on its T-shirts: "I'm big on the pig." Apparently, local politicians are hoping potential voters also are "big on the pig," because Lord knows they are doing their best to score votes, er, meet their constituents through the use of delicious, succulent ... (more)

If you were at the Lake or the Catfish Feastival this weekend, you might have seen something that hasn't been seen in the area for quite some time: an airplane towing a banner.

The Burton Center for Disabilities and Special Needs Agency and Facilities is named in honor and memory of J. Felton Burton, Founder.

A motor vehicle accident in Greenwood Friday night left several blocks without electrical service when a dark colored Ford Expedition struck a utility pole with force sufficient to break the pole in pieces.

GREENWOOD, SC For the second time this year, the Greenwood County Sheriff's Office and the 8th Judicial Circuit Solicitor's Office has served a letter informing club owners that if they continued allowing their place of business to be a nuisance to the community then action would be taken in Circuit Court to shut the club down.

More than 500 graduates of Piedmont Technical College will receive certificates, diplomas and associate degrees during spring commencement exercises on June 1. Commencement exercises will begin at 7 p.m. at the Finis Horne Arena at Lander University, and graduates as well as guests are encouraged to arrive early.

Local law enforcement officials and owners of the Chapala Club have signed a consent order that will essentially end the facility's use as a nightclub June 1. The consent order was filed Tuesday at Greenwood County Courthouse.

Democratic state House District 13 candidate Bob Merritt addresses the crowd Thursday during the Citizens for Better Government Voter/Candidate Stump Meeting.

GREENWOOD, SC Travis Deshune Nicholson, 40, returned to Greenwood early Thursday morning after being extradited from El Paso, TX, on a warrant for 2nd Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct.

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham will be at the new Ware Shoals Veterans Memorial at 10 am Saturday to speak at a Memorial Day program honoring veterans.

The United Way of Greenwood and Abbeville Counties honored numerous leaders and supporters at its annual meeting.

GREENWOOD, SC The Greenwood County Sheriff's Office busted a meth lab in the early morning hours Wednesday after a call came in about a suspicious male on Highland Drive in the Idlewood subdivision.

The town is one step closer to annexing the new combination middle school and high school complex into municipal limits after a Town Council meeting Monday night.

GREENWOOD, SC County Council is exploring options to make up a $300,000 shortfall in the budget for the solid waste enterprise fund, which is not supported through tax dollars, but through revenue generated by the department.

Willie M. Carter, Jr. died Sunday, May 20, 2012 at Wesley Commons. He was born in Greenwood County on October 25, 1936 to the late Willie Roy Carter, Sr.

Rotary Club of Greenwood President John Heydel, right, presents a plaque to Stanley Vines, cattle farmer and the club's 2012 Agriculturalist of the Year.