First 2018 Rock Hill Homicide happened Outside a Fraternity Party
Rock Hill has had its first homicide of the year, and it was outside the same building where a Winthrop University fraternity party was taking place at 1 a.m. Saturday. According to WRHI’s news...
View ArticleCouncil passes last reading on Good Motor Company deal with RHEDC
York County Council last night held a public hearing last night regarding the Good Motor Company in Rock Hill. Council approved an ordinance to perform an environmental assessment on the site, perform...
View ArticleAUDIO: Rock Hill’s University Center on 3-4 year timeline
The original construction plan for the University Center in Rock hill was 7 to 8 years. According to Skip Tuttle of the Tuttle Company that process has been cut in half and should be done in the next...
View ArticleAUDIO: Andrew Jackson Middle Schoolers making best of situation after fire
A fire that started in a janitor’s closet has kept more than 400 Andrew Jackson Middle School students out of the schoolhouse for a month now. Smoke, fire damage closes Lancaster County school all...
View ArticleRoss Stores headed to Legacy West Business Park, according to Charlotte...
According to an article in the Charlotte Business Journal, Ross Stores Inc. is the newest tenant to sign up in Rock Hill’s Legacy West Business Park. According to the article Ross will be occupying a...
View ArticleDrugs, cash, and guns found in Lancaster County home
Deputies with the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office say they found a significant number of guns along with drugs and cash while serving a search warrant at a home on Fork Hill Road just north of...
View ArticleEarthquake reported near North Carolina/South Carolina border
Residents along the North Carolina/South Carolina border southeast of Charlotte say they felt a small earthquake early Friday morning. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake was centered around five...
View ArticleAUDIO: Rock Hill church goes up in flames, community reacts
A Rock Hill church was up in flames yesterday morning. The fire department received the call about Gospel Light Baptist Church on West Main Street at 6:15 AM and were on site within minutes. Channel...
View ArticleAUDIO: Van Wyck Mayor recalls process of becoming a town
Van Wyck held an election last year and voted in favor of incorporating themselves as a town. In November they voted Sean Corcoran in as their new Mayor. Corcoran recalled a meeting 18 months ago...
View ArticleYork Co. Growth Management Director making sure County grows efficiently
Earlier this year York County identified growth management as one of their goals on their new strategic plan. Former York County Planning Director Audra Miller is the County’s Growth management...
View ArticleFatal Wreck In Rock Hill Claims One Life
One person has died in a two-vehicle crash on Heckle Road between Cherry Road and Main Street, according to the Rock Hill Police Department. The Department is encouraging drivers to avoid the area and...
View ArticleChesterfield County responding to large brush fire
According to WRHI’s news partner Channel 9 there is a large brush fire burning off Highway 1 in the Patrick area of Chesterfield County. Emergency Management says it was as large as 27 acres. Some...
View ArticleSmoke covering parts of York County
Smoke from a controlled fire has blown from Chester County to York County. York County Emergency Management officials confirmed to WRHI that the controlled fire is 100 acres. The South Carolina...
View ArticleChesterfield Co. homeowner cited after prescribed burn spread 325 acres
A homeowner has been cited for allowing a prescribed burn to spread into a massive brush fire that covered more than 325 acres in Chesterfield County, officials from the South Carolina Forestry...
View ArticleS.C. Democratic party asks SLED to investigate Norman revealing gun during...
The South Carolina Democratic Party has officially sent a letter to the State Law Enforcement Division requesting they investigate Norman laying his loaded gun on a table at a meeting with constituents...
View ArticleDr. Bill Cook to replace Pew as Rock Hill Schools Superintendent in July
At the first meeting in their new building the Rock Hill School District announced that Dr. Bill Cook will replace Dr. Kelly Pew as the Schools Superintendent, effective on July 1, 2018. Cook was voted...
View ArticleComporium partners with Winthrop, City of Rock Hill to launch new Bike Share...
Comporium, Winthrop University and the City of Rock Hill launched a new initiative this morning. 25 bikes were unveiled by Comporium as part of a Bike Share program in order to improve the quality of...
View ArticleAUDIO: Woman from ‘Mother’s Demand Action’ feels Norman should have been more...
Yesterday the S.C. Democratic Party requested that the State Law Enforcement Division investigate U.S. Congressman Ralph Norman’s actions at a constituent breakfast meeting. At the meeting Friday...
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