Bennettsville News

Miss Elizabeth Austin Altman of Evergreen and Mr. Clarke Andrew Johnson of New Zion were married at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, November 7, 2009, at Evergreen Baptist Church.

A company that processes and packages ready-to-eat meals is expanding its South Carolina operations, creating roughly 80 jobs in a county struggling with high unemployment.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 8:25 p.m. Read more: Local , Weather , Top , Ten , Special , Report , Area , Tornado , Ice , Storm , Hurricane There's no question we've had our fair share of epic weather events on the Grand Strand and in the Pee Dee, from tornadoes and hurricanes to winter storms and heat waves.

This week, there will be eight blood drives for the American Red Cross in the Pee Dee area.

Three Marlboro County men have been charged with several drug related charges as a result of an ongoing drug investigation of the Marlboro County Sheriff's Office.

Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 11:15 a.m. Bennettsville Police chief Larry McNeil tells NewsChannel 15 a bomb threat was called in at Marlboro County High School around 9 a.m. Thursday morning.

The Chesterfield - Marlboro Economic Opportunity Council sponsored "From the Employer's Perspective", a workshop, at the Bennettsville Onestop office on Oct.

Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 8:37 p.m. A North Carolina correctional officer and two others were arrested in a Bennettsville drug bust this week, the authorities said Saturday.

Authorities in Marlboro County arrested three people and seized nearly 10 pounds of marijuana Thursday.

The Goldsboro Police Department said it arrested a murder suspect from a year-old murder with the assistance of a Wayne County Sherriff's detective.

Former Bennettsville Mayor Lucy Mills Parsons will speak on solid waste at the next meeting of the League of Women Voters of the Pee Dee Area.

Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 9:01 a.m. Two armed men held up the Quick Stop in Bennettsville, in Marlboro County, around 11pm Wednesday night.

The Marlboro County Sheriff's Office announced the arrests of Dewayne Everett Quick and Kimberly Dawn Brigman, after responding to a burglary on Highway 83 outside of Clio, which led to a brief manhunt for Quick.

Northeastern Technical Collegea s division of continuing education is offering a one-day workshop on infection prevention and control programs for nurses, acute care managers and staff, and any interested healthcare providers.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Lynn Hartnett of Florence announce the engagement of their daughter, Lindsay Rochelle Hartnett to Christopher Michael Hopper, son of Gary and Karen Ketelsen of Florence.

Berea Association in conjunction with the Pee Dee Coalition's Marlboro County Chapter Board is sponsoring a Domestic Violence Awareness Month Candlelight Service.

Gone are those days of a much simpler time when crime was unheard of and for the most part peace and tranquility prevailed throughout the old mill village.

NC State has landed a verbal commitment from defensive tackle Thomas Teal of Marlboro County High in Bennettsville, S.C., and they have already offered junior linebacker Lateek Townsend from the same high school.

Standing on the front row from left to right: Janie Johnson, of Cheraw; Tanyieka Bale, of Bennettsville; Caroline Fletcher, of Bennettsville; Cassandra Lindsey, of Cheraw; Sheila Harper, of Cheraw; Alicia Coddington, of Bennettsville; Linda Lewellen, of Cheraw; Cynthia Easterling, of Cheraw.

The big culture shock for the Rev. Robin Dease came during her senior year of high school when she moved from New York City to Bennettsville.