Lancaster County man arrested on drug charges
Jarvis Mandrell Anthony, age 37, of Heath Springs, was arrested and charged with multiple drug offenses Thursday, August 18, 2016. Agents of the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office Drug Task Force had...
View ArticleCatawba Nuclear Station hosts hundreds of people at Grillfest
The Catawba Nuclear Station held its 2nd annual Grillfest Saturday at Catawba Park in York. Scott Andresen, marketing coordinator for Duke Energy, says the annual event is a chance for Duke Energy to...
View ArticleRock the Hill pep rally welcomes new students to Winthrop University
Even though college basketball season is a few months away, hundreds of new Winthrop University students Saturday turned out at the Coliseum for a Rock the Hill pep rally. Winthrop athletic director...
View ArticleNorthern York County interchange receives federal funds for construction
The South Carolina Department of Transportation Commission has approved allocating more than $1.6 million in federal earmarked funds toward improvements at the Interstate 77-Gold Hill Road interchange....
View ArticleWinthrop University welcomes freshmen and transfer students during convocation
New students at Winthrop University attended the school’s traditional convocation Monday afternoon at the Byrnes Auditorium. The keynote speaker was Dr. Mark Evans, a 2006 Winthrop alum. Today Evans is...
View ArticleRock Hill City Council approves contract for police body cameras
The Rock Hill City Council Monday night voted unanimously to pay Taser International more than $1.334 million to equip the city’s police officers with body cameras. Taser will also provide in-car dash...
View ArticleRock Hill School Board votes to sell existing central office, build new one...
The Rock Hill School Board voted Monday night to sell its existing district office building on North Anderson Road for $2.7 million, and to build a new office building for up to $6.5 million. The new...
View ArticleStraight Talk: 08/23/16 Shane Stuart
Stuart says voters will decide in November whether to continue with a council-supervisor form of government or a council-administrator form. Read More
View ArticleMother charged after police say she put newborn in fridge
A Chester woman is accused of putting her newborn son in a refrigerator for hours. Chester County deputies and South Carolina Law Enforcement Division officials charged 27-year-old Angela Blackwell...
View ArticleMulvaney attends fundraiser for York County GOP, facing his own challenger
5th District Congressman Mick Mulvaney of Indian Land attended a fundraiser in Rock Hill Tuesday night to raise money for the York County Republican party and candidates from the local to the national...
View ArticleGiTi Tire executive speaks to I-77 Alliance during economic development summit
The I-77 Alliance Wednesday held its annual economic development summit at the Gateway Conference Center. Hank Eisenga, the vice president of manufacturing for GiTi Tire, says one of his company’s...
View ArticleFounders Federal Credit Union To Purchase Rock Hill School District Property
Lancaster, SC – Founders Federal Credit Union jas announced they will purchase the Rock Hill Schools district office building and property to expand back office operations into Rock Hill. Founders will...
View ArticleYork County Library Board Of Trustees Fires Director Colleen Pappas
Five of the 9 members of the York County Library Board of Trustees met this morning and voted to terminate Pappas even though their investigation into accusations made against her by library staff has...
View ArticleSI article will feature Tega Cay’s decision not to offer youth tackle football
The Tega Cay Parks and Recreation Department’s decision not to offer tackle football in their youth leagues wasn’t a national story, until Sports Illustrated found out about it. That decision to only...
View ArticleMother calls sentence against son’s killer ‘slap on the wrist’
A Rock Hill man who pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a friend he said was like a brother was sentenced to up to five years in prison as a youthful offender Monday....
View ArticleArrest made in August 15th Credit Union Robbery
Rock Hill Police have announced this morning that an arrest has been made in their investigation of the August 15th armed robbery of Arrowpointe Pointe Federal Credit Union on Old Point School Road....
View ArticleVP coming to York County to campaign for congressional hopeful
Vice President Joe Biden is coming to Fort Mill in a couple of weeks to campaign for a former aide who’s trying to knock off 5th District incumbent Republican Congressman Mick Mulvaney. Biden will...
View ArticleYork County detectives looking for sex offender who failed to register
York County Sheriff’s Office detectives need your help finding a man who failed to register as a sex offender. If you know the whereabouts of 45-year-old Rodney Douglas James of Rock Hill, you are...
View ArticleWinthrop’s strategic plan, capital campaign being announced late next month
Winthrop University President Dan Mahony is scheduled to release the school’s strategic plan September 22nd during the state of the university address. Winthrop vice president of university advancement...
View ArticleMan on drugs who beat prostitute to death gets 45 years without parole
A York County man will spend 45 years in prison without parole after admitting that he beat his girlfriend to death, burned her body and abandoned it on a rural Chester County highway. Last October...
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