Rodeo returns to Greenwood
For 19 years, Greenwood was treated to an annual rodeo sanctioned by the Southern Rodeo Association. The event provided entrants points toward the SRA’s Roughstock Riding Championship. With the closing...
View ArticleVisitor brings special gift to students
Last week students of Jessica Ballentine’s fifth grade class at Rice Elementary School were honored with a visit from T.J. Chaudoin, father of student Jenna Chaudoin. And he brought the students a...
View ArticleLander's 4th Annual Film Festival celebrates screenwriting
Coming Saturday, March 30, the Fourth Annual Lander University Film Festival gives participants a chance to write, direct, or just watch some great films. Aspiring filmmakers started the celebration...
View ArticlePiedmont Tech Hosts 31st Annual Employers Day
More than 200 Piedmont Technical College students and alumni recently took advantage of the college’s 31st annual Employers Day. Representatives from over 60 businesses, industries and service agencies...
View ArticleZombie Apocalypse at Lander University
Zombie's were loose on the Lander University campus Thursday morning, as part of the university's disaster drill.
View ArticleGreenwood Community Theatre hosts annual event
The Greenwood Community Theatre hosted its sixth annual Blue Grass Blue Jeans, and Barbeque fundraiser Thursday night at the Arts Central Federal Building.
View ArticleHattie Drennon remembered
On March 27, 2012 Hattie Gary Drennon passed away at the Hospice House. Yesterday, one year later, her sons, Brian Drennon, Sr. and Derrick Drennon, held a remembrance service for her at HospiceCare...
View ArticleWesley Commons hosts international dinner
Wesley Commons recently hosted an international dinner for People to People, an organization promoting international understanding and friendship through educational, cultural and humanitarian efforts.
View ArticleJazzman Mike Frost to Join Lander Jazz Ensemble for Upcoming Show
Big band music lovers will be in for a treat when Lander University’s Jazz Ensemble takes the stage Tuesday, April 9, for its spring show. Fans of 70s funk should enjoy themselves, too.
View ArticleHorticulture program welcomes new coordinator
Josh Murdock grew up around agriculture. The Honea Path native experienced life around cattle and farming. But it was a high school agriculture teacher who put him on the path that led him to Piedmont...
View ArticleTwo arrested in connection with alleged prostitution
A man and woman were arrested on Friday night after the man said he paid the woman for sex.
View ArticleHospiceCare to host Camp Celebrate Hope
Greenwood, SC -HospiceCare of the Piedmont, Inc. will host its 18th annual children’s grief camp, Camp Celebrate Hope. It will be held May 18-19, 2013 at Camp Fellowship on Lake Greenwood. Camp...
View ArticleCity, county officials investigating more vehicle break-ins
Investigators are looking into another rash of vehicle break-ins that occurred throughout Greenwood County between March 22 and April 1.
View ArticleBrown cites County Council members' pay irregularity
GREENWOOD — County Council member Steve Brown made public Tuesday night his concern about the procedure through which council members’ pay was increased in 2008.
View ArticleApril is Autism Awareness Month
The word “autism” has been in medical use for over 100 years and comes from the Greek word “autos,” meaning “self.” The term describes a range of disorders where a person has varying levels of...
View ArticleAbbeville career criminal convicted of armed robbery, sentenced 25 years
Following a three day trial at the Abbeville County Courthouse, Dwayne Eddie Starks has been found guilty as charged of Armed Robbery and Possession of a Weapon During Commission of a Violent Crime.
View ArticleFatal Shooting Near State Park
***UPDATED 7:45 p.m.*** The Greenwood County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that occurred just before 5 p.m. Wednesday afternoon.
View ArticleGCSO investigating shooting at Georgetown Apartments
The Greenwood County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that occurred at Georgetown Apartments around 5 p.m. Thursday.
View ArticleA HELPING HAND
Being the executive director of the Greenwood Area Habitat for Humanity provides Chad Charles a way to help a lot of people in the Greenwood community. He has been around home building his entire life,...
View ArticleConvention vs. Primary
There is currently a movement among members of the South Carolina Republican Party to do away with the primary election process and begin selecting party nominees by convention.
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