Greenwood County Voter and Elections issues information on the upcoming elections for the town of Ninety Six. Come November 5, 2019 the election will include the town Mayor, three Councilmembers and a CPW Commissioner.
A Greenwood man has been arrested in connection to a shooting in Abbeville County that claimed the life of three with one still in the hospital.
Officers responded Sunday morning around 3 a.m. to Hickory Heights Apartments on Cambridge Street in Abbeville. They found two victims dead and a third died after being transported to the local hospital. A fourth person remains in the hospital and their condition is unknown currently.
Tom’s Place presents a check for $100 to Abbeville Promise Campaign Coordinator Lee Logan. The Abbeville Promise scholarship program will provide any Abbeville resident who earns a high school diploma the opportunity to earn an associate degree at Piedmont Technical College free of tuition and fees. The goal for the campaign to endow the Abbeville Promise scholarship program is $1.2 million.
For more information about the Abbeville Promise or to donate contact the Freshwater Coast Foundation at 864-446-2773 or abbevillepromise@wctel.net.
It’s that time of the year for those pesky mosquitoes! Don’t let them ruin your backyard fun and relaxing evenings, Call Brown’s Mosquito & Pest Control today!
With over ten years experience, owner Chris Brown and staff can provide mosquito control without any contracts to sign. You can get a One-Time treatment or agree on a Three Week or Monthly service. Brown says he wants customers to be comfortable doing business with them.
Brown’s Mosquito & Pest Control also provides treatments for fire ants, outdoor flea & ticks and any general pests like roaches, spiders, wasps and more.
Brown’s Mosquito & Pest Control serves Greenwood and surrounding counties. Contact Chris Brown at (864) 992-8379.
Sage Automotive Interiors presents a check for $25,000 to Abbeville Promise Gift Campaign Coordinator Lee Logan. The Abbeville Promise scholarship program will provide any Abbeville resident who earns a high school diploma the opportunity to earn an associate degree at Piedmont Technical College free of tuition and fees.
The goal for the campaign to endow the Abbeville Promise scholarship program is $1.2 million. For more information about the Abbeville Promise or to donate contact the Freshwater Coast Foundation at 864-446-2773 or abbevillepromise@wctel.net.
The Town of Ware Shoals has experienced a Sanitary Sewer Overflow on Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at the Mulberry Creek Pump Station, 5901 Highway 25 N., Hodges SC.
The spill / overflow was released from a pump station at the above address with a volume of sewage estimated at 15,000 gallons.
WCTEL hosted the Freshwater Coast Community Foundation(FCCF) business plan competition at their Abbeville Office. This event was planned, coordinated, and executed by Wilder Ferreira, Director of the Freshwater Coast Center for Rural Development. Competitors were comprised of 8 students from the local high schools who won their school business plan competitions. Wednesday, June 5, 2019
The Laurens County Shrine Club is conducting its 38th Annual Stock Car Race Tuesday Night, June 11, 2019 at the Laurens County Speedway located at 435 Racetrack Road in Laurens, SC. The pit gates open at 4:00 p.m. and the grandstands will open at 6:00 p.m. Pit admission is $35 for ages 12 and up and grandstand admission is $20 for ages 12 and up. Children 11 and under are admitted free. This is an annual benefit race sponsored by the Laurens County Shrine Club to benefit Shriner's Hospitals.
Uldrick Builders Project Managers Daniel London, Steve Lyle, Jacob Cochran, Riley Lane, Mark Grey, and Robert Parnell along with Uldrick Builders’ Electrical Project Manager Robin Brock present a check for $10,000 to Abbeville Promise co-chair Andy Timmerman of Abbeville First Bank.
The Abbeville Promise scholarship program will provide any Abbeville resident who earns a high school diploma the opportunity to earn an associate degree at Piedmont Technical College free of tuition and fees. The goal for the campaign to endow the Abbeville Promise scholarship program is $1.2 million. For more information about the Abbeville Promise or to donate contact the Freshwater Coast Foundation at 864-446-2773 or abbevillepromise@wctel.net.
West Carolina Tel (WCTEL) recently awarded the recipients of the WCTEL & Foundation for Rural Service (FRS) 2019 college scholarships, totaling $11,000 in funds to help local youth pursue further learning. All scholarship applications are mailed to FRS and independently judged in Washington, DC, by a panel of judges selected by FRS.
The Town of Ware Shoals has experienced a Sanitary Sewer Overflow on Wednesday, May 29, 2019, at the Turkey Creek Pump Station located at 7101 Highway 25 North in Hodges, SC.
Officials say that the amount of spill/overflow was estimated around 30,000 gallons.
The run-off from this spill was contained and vacuumed up with equipment for disposal. Some sewage may have found its way into Turkey Creek located approximately 200 feet from the pump station flowing in an eastwardly direction.
The area of the Sanitary Sewer Overflow was cleaned and disinfected to minimize any public health threat from this incident. Public Health agencies have been notified.
Hite & Stone Attorneys at Law Partners Anne Marie Hempy, Tombo Hite, and Heather Stone present a check for $5,000 to Abbeville Promise co-chair Andy Timmerman of Abbeville First Bank. The Abbeville Promise scholarship program will provide any Abbeville resident who earns a high school diploma the opportunity to earn an associate degree at Piedmont Technical College free of tuition and fees.
The goal for the campaign to endow the Abbeville Promise scholarship program is $1.2 million.
For more information about the Abbeville Promise or to donate contact the Freshwater Coast Foundation at 864-446-2773 or abbevillepromise@wctel.net.
On June 15, 2019 Musgrove Mill State Historic Site will be offering a Kid’s Day program from 9:00am-12:00pm for children ages 8-15. Come spend the day with a SC Revolutionary War militia man. The kids will be taken on a one hour guided hike of the 1.1 mile British Encampment Trail led by a Ranger dressed as a Revolutionary War militia man where they will learn about the history of the Battle of Musgrove Mill. They will then learn how to make beeswax candles, which they will be able to take home with them. The kids will end the program with a militia muster armed with wooden muskets and learn how to be Revolutionary War militia soldiers followed by the Ranger giving a musket loading and firing demonstration.
Junior and senior students at Ware Shoals High School of Greenwood School District 51 will experience life as a college student thanks to a Dual Enrollment partnership between the district and Lander University.
During Abbeville Nursing Home’s National Skilled Nursing Home Week, the Wings One and Two challenged one another in a Can Good Drive. Their theme was “Live Soulfully “.
Renee Bledsoe, Activity Director, came up with a way to get all of the staff and families involved by having a can good drive. The challenge was that each Wing would collect as many can good items from Mother’s Day until that Friday and the winning Wing would have bragging rights. Wing 2 staff and family were the winners but together with the staff members and family members of both Wings, they collected 408 can good items.
These items were donated to UCMAC- United Christian Ministries of Abbeville County. Bridget White, the Social Services Director and her daughter, Gabriella White, who are also Miss Celebrations USA Queens, were given the task of delivering the can good items to the food bank. Wednesday, May 22, 2019
A Laurens man with a lengthy history of manufacturing methamphetamines will spend the next 17 years behind bars after being found guilty at trial of manufacturing and possessing meth, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Wednesday.
Ronald Jeffrey Eaton, 52, was found guilty of manufacturing methamphetamines, third offense, and possession of methamphetamines, third offense, late Tuesday afternoon by a Laurens County jury following a day-and-a-half trial and less than an hour of deliberation.
Tim C. Thompson, President of the Commercial Bank, and Casey Lown, Acting Branch Manager of the Due West and Donalds Commercial Banks, present a check for $25,000 to Abbeville Promise Campaign Coordinator Lee Logan.
Mike Thomas and Ned McGill, board members of WCTEL, present a check for $500.00 to Anderson County School District 3’s Director of Transportation, Sandra Lollis and Assistant Transportation Director and Special Needs Transportation Coordinator, Donna Garner. Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Congratulations to the Hey Good Buddy Competition Barbecue Team from Laurens SC as they were named Reserve Grand Champions during the City of Clinton’s “Smokin’ on The Rails Southern Barbeque Network competition.
The event was held on May 18. Hey Good Buddy placed 3rd in Brisket and 1st in Pulled Pork. Hey Good Buddy is currently the points leader for the SBN Cook Team of the Year for 2019.
COLUMBIA, S.C. – a2b Fulfillment, a third-party provider of order fulfillment, customer care and value-added services, today announced plans to add its fourth U.S. location in Edgefield County, creating approximately 21 new jobs.
Since 2001, a2b Fulfillment has been helping companies work smarter by providing third-party logistics services for brands selling products within the direct selling, direct response and ecommerce industries. With more than 680,000 total square feet of warehousing and contact center space in Georgia, South Carolina and Utah, the company offers a bicoastal fulfillment solution, advanced technology and same-day fulfillment, among many other services.
Of the five running for Ninety Six School Board of Trustees, Jeff Chapman and Bryan Green were the two elected to the School Board on Tuesday, May 14, 2019.
Green received 443 votes and Chapman 266.
Others that ran were Richard Jones 173, Rickey Werts 161 and DeMarco Williams 30.
An Abbeville man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday morning after changing his plea to guilty on the day his trial was to begin in connection to a 2018 incident in which he attacked a woman with a box cutter, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Tuesday.
Robert Lamont Bryant, 41, pleaded guilty to a charge of domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature. Jury selection in the trial was set to begin Tuesday.
Circuit Judge Roger M. Young Sr. then handed down a 20-year prison sentence to Bryant, which is the maximum sentence under state law for the offense.
JUUL Labs, Inc. today announced plans to invest more than $125 million in a new assembly facility in Lexington County. This investment is expected to help create more than 500 new jobs to support the assembly operations.
JUUL Labs was established to help adult smokers switch from combustible cigarettes. Since launching in 2015, the company has maintained a commitment to keeping all tobacco products, including JUUL products, out of the hands of youth. The company stopped the sale of non-tobacco and non-menthol based flavored JUULpods to all of its traditional retail store partners in 2018.
The Lexington County operations will assemble and package JUUL products using advanced production techniques. Operations are expected to come online this summer, and those interested in job opportunities should contact Randstad or Aerotek.
Congratulations to the following young men for being chosen to attend The American Legion Boys State. Young men who illustrate leadership, character, scholarship, loyalty and service in their schools and community are considered. These young men will attend sessions June 9 –June 15 @ Anderson University. These young men were sponsored by American Legion Post 103, The Ninety Six Lion’s Club and The Masonic Lodge 47 of Ninety Six.
John G. Panagiotou became the first Orthodox Christian theologian to receive a doctorate at Erskine Theological Seminary on May 4, 2019, in it's 182 year history. Christian Stewardship.
