Thursday Jun 13 | The Index Journal
As the Abbeville Police Department ushered in a new era Tuesday night by swearing in its new police chief, it parted ways with a high-ranking vestige from the department's last regime.
Electricity and water projects approved
The two projects are a wastewater lift station and piping for the new Abbeville campus of Piedmont Technical College , and a custom-built electrical transformer for the new Vienna Street substation.
Abbeville City taps Hall as new police chief
Mark Hall, a lieutenant with the City of Greenwood Police Department from November 2010 until recently, will be sworn in at tonight's Abbeville City Council meeting.
Police investigate shooting incident
Staff Reports Greenwood Police are investigating a shooting incident in which one man was wounded by a gunshot and two other men were arrested.
Lawsuit targets DSS, care facility
An Abbeville juvenile is the plaintiff in a sweeping lawsuit filed against the state's Department of Social Services and a Belton residential care facility.
Piedmont Technical College's recent graduates of the associate degree nursing program at the Lex Walters Campus-Greenwood were recognized in a pinning ceremony in May. The students and their hometowns are, front from left, Lacey Berry, Ninety Six; Taneka Brown, Augusta, Ga.; Christina Deal, Union; and Laposiha Drennon, Abbeville.
Chelsea Caldwell, 18, of 17 E. Main St., Ware Shoals; Christopher Maggiacomo, 22, of Abbeville; and Bryson Stephens, 17, of 146 Rhett Court, Greenwood, were all charged with possession of a pistol by certain persons unlawful in connection with the incident.
Budget shuffles money, tax increases remain
Several new state mandates forced Abbeville County Council to readjust the figures for its fiscal year 2013-2014 budget.
Lawsuit blames officials for sex assault at Boys Home
A lawsuit has been filed that blames officials, staff and "lax policies" for a sex assault complainants say happened on an 11-year-old Abbeville boy at the Boys Home of the South.
Abbeville chooses interim superintendent
A retired superintendent from Edgefield County was tapped as Abbeville County school's interim superintendent during a board of trustees meeting Tuesday night.
Arrest reports for May 23, 2013
Kwarsick, Keith McBeth 6/16/94 of Gwd SC was arrested by Gwd City Police for: discharging a firearm in city limits, unlawful carrying of pistol McCarty, Eugene Aaron 10/15/55 of Gwd SC was arrested by GCSO for: criminal domestic violence high and aggravated nature Rayford, Terry 8/2/64 of Abbeville SC was arrested by Gwd City Police for: disorderly ... (more)
Arrest report for May 20, 2013
Jackson, Timothy Antonio 5/15/68 of Gwd SC was arrested by SCHP for: driving left of center, unlawful carrying of pistol Lane, Amanda Jaqual 6/8/92 of Abbeville SC was arrested by Gwd City Police for: violation of protection order Lewis, Bobby Eugene 4/25/82 of Abbeville SC was arrested by WS Police for: resisting arrest.
Greenwood City Council moved ahead on a measure that would allow outdoor beer and wine consumption in designated, fenced-in areas during the South Carolina Festival of Discovery.
Two more arrested in copper theft
Staff Reports A Mathews Mill Village woman and a Grendel Mill Village man became the second and third suspects arrested this week following reports copper was stolen from an Abbeville plant.
Two dogs found on Klugh Road in Abbeville
Posted: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Article comment by: Meredith Baldwin We have the dogs now.