http://gwdtoday.com en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 12:17:02 GMT News, Sports & Community Events in Greenwood and throughout the lakelands! http://gwdtoday.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=27&ArticleID=25478 http://gwdtoday.com/SiteImages/Article/Tnail/25478.jpg MOORE, Okla. – Angie Stroud is widely known throughout Greenwood as “Angel Angie” for her tireless volunteer work and strong desire to help others. When she moved to Moore, Okla., about two years ago, she never dreamed that she would see a need as large as the one she sees following Monday’s devastating tornado near her new home. News Wed, 22 May 2013 00:59:00 GMT http://gwdtoday.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=27&ArticleID=25477 http://gwdtoday.com/SiteImages/Article/Tnail/25477.jpg Greenwood County Council approved the purchase of two new fire trucks at their regular meeting on Tuesday afternoon. News Tue, 21 May 2013 23:32:00 GMT http://gwdtoday.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=27&ArticleID=25476 http://gwdtoday.com/SiteImages/Article/Tnail/25476.jpg Power, internet and telephone services were interrupted for hundreds of Greenwood residents Tuesday afternoon when an oak tree fell and took down three power poles near Greenwood High School. News Tue, 21 May 2013 20:17:00 GMT http://gwdtoday.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=27&ArticleID=25473 http://gwdtoday.com/SiteImages/Article/Tnail/25473.jpg A Ware Shoals man is facing criminal sexual conduct charges after two step-children alleged that he sexually assaulted them between 2010 and 2013. News Tue, 21 May 2013 16:44:00 GMT http://gwdtoday.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=27&ArticleID=25449 http://gwdtoday.com/SiteImages/Article/Tnail/25449.jpg The inmates at Leath Correctional Institution wanted to do something to help within the community even though they were incarcerated. So they began sewing blankets as a hobby. Now the inmates are sewing and stitching with a purpose.   News Tue, 21 May 2013 05:27:00 GMT http://gwdtoday.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=27&ArticleID=25462 A tractor trailer carrying granulated ammonium nitrate caught fire and caused evacuation of residents in the area of S.C. Highway 39 and Rose Bud Lane at about 9 p.m. Monday night. News Tue, 21 May 2013 03:15:00 GMT http://gwdtoday.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=27&ArticleID=25461 http://gwdtoday.com/SiteImages/Article/Tnail/25461.jpg Members of the Greenwood School District 50 Board of Trustees met Monday night, with the main item of business being the discussion of “New Carolina,” a unique educational opportunity. News Tue, 21 May 2013 02:58:00 GMT http://gwdtoday.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=27&ArticleID=25460 http://gwdtoday.com/SiteImages/Article/Tnail/25460.jpg Greenwood City Council approved the first reading of an ordinance to allow visitors to the annual Festival of Discovery to consume alcohol in designated areas at the event during their regular meeting Monday afternoon. News Tue, 21 May 2013 01:39:00 GMT http://gwdtoday.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=27&ArticleID=25459 http://gwdtoday.com/SiteImages/Article/Tnail/25459.jpg Three teens, two of which are juveniles, were arrested early Saturday morning after police say they broke into an area pawn shop and stole several handguns. News Mon, 20 May 2013 20:10:00 GMT http://gwdtoday.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=27&ArticleID=25457 http://gwdtoday.com/SiteImages/Article/Tnail/25457.jpg Three people were arrested Sunday night after police discovered a math lab while investigating a report of shots being fired in the area of Major Drive. News Mon, 20 May 2013 18:03:00 GMT