Newberry County News

The Index-Journal sent Election Questionnaires to every candidate involved in the June 12 primary.

After arriving in Charleston the Yankee Dryer, which produces tissue paper, was moved upcountry and was at the traffic circle in Saluda County over the weekend.

Funeral services for Lenora Bates Toland, of 109 Angel Drive, will be conducted on Saturday, Sept.

The group of a couple dozen people will have a round table discussion facilitated by the Central S.C. Alliance.

The 2012 Broadwell-St. Francis Scholarships have been awarded to four graduating students from the Chapin and Little Mountain areas.

McGehee says the work on the new campus is ahead of schedule and the new campus should be completed this fall.

Tenithia Hall and Ron Hope approached Newberry County Council last week asking for $9,000 to help build a basketball court beside the Hope School.

It started in 1868 with the decorating of graves. Graves of fallen soldiers that is.

On July 11 United Country Auction Services in cooperation with Major and Company will be auctioning off four parcels of land that Newberry County owns.

This time last year, Newberry County's school district had absorbed two big budget cuts for the school year and braced for more.

Newberry is respectfully honoring the brave U.S. soldiers who died while serving our country this weekend for Memorial Day.

November is Adopt a Senior Pet Month. When considering adoption of a furry companion, please do not forget the older animals that are available and waiting for permanent homes.

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The Newberry Soil and Water Conservation District, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources' State Climatology Office, and the National Weather Service are looking for volunteers across Newberry County to measure and report the rain, snow, sleet or hail that falls on their homes, farms, or businesses.

This year's production of Beauty and The Beast features, above, Newberry Academy Senior Emily Cunningham, as Belle.

The first Ruth S. Pugh Foundation was held at the Newberry Country Club on May 16.

Tournament chair Terry Wilbanks, Newberry County Memorial Hospital Foundation Director Brenda Williams and Stokes-Trainor owner Joe Trainor stand in front of a GMC Acadia Stokes-Trainor is donating to the Newberry County Memorial Hospital Foundation annual golf tournament slated for this Friday, Oct.

The Newberry County Sheriff's Office, South Carolina Highway Patrol, DHEC, and Safe Kids will sponsor a child's safety seat inspection check point on Friday from 2-6 p.m. in the Goody's parking lot on Main Street in Newberry.

The Newberry Observer's first-ever "Cutest Kids" contest came to a close on Wednesday, June 15, and we now know who was the cutest of the cute.

The plate and overturned cup mean their loved one is no longer there to eat with them, and the single lemon slice represents the bitterness, tears and heartache that families face after losing a veteran.