Bishopville News

This is a murder where nobody got killed. Except history. And a way of life. The victim five years ago Saturday was the Upstate of South Carolina's last working cotton gin.

Husband and wife Jerry and Beth Dubose walked away Tuesday from their respective state jobs after providing a combined total of 60 years of service.

Several hundred people filled Butters Field on Saturday night for the Third Annual 4th of July Family Fun Celebration.

The Fourth of July has come a little early for the employees of Ahlstrom Inc., located in the Interstate 20 Industrial Park on Browntown Road.

Retired teacher Deborah Bright-Austin will serve as Lee County's newest magistrate.

The tough economy has the city of Bishopville cutting back on their fire services.

The Bishopville City Council gave approval at its meeting Tuesday night at the Colclough Building to a Fiscal Year 2010 budget that will require an increase in taxes and user fees for Bishopville residents.

Chamber officials hope the Fourth of July celebration at Butters Field will become a popular tradition.

Randy Burns / The Item Volunteers with the Salkehatchie Summer Service Program make repairs to a Lee County home recently.

Randy Burns / The Item Buddy Ward is the owner of the new That Ward's Bar-B-Q & Rib House in Bishopville.

Local legislators are not calling for Gov. Mark Sanford to resign after his stunning Wednesday announcement that his secret trip to Argentina was for an extramarital affair.

Tri-county residents will be finding their way Thursday to Manning to find bargains at low prices and give money to their local Red Cross chapter at the same time.

Photograph depicting a young, 17-year-old Davis standing near the site off Browntown Road where he says he was attacked.

The Highway Patrol would like to talk to the driver of a light blue Lincoln Towncar that was in the area at the time of a deadly accident that killed a Bishopville man.

Highway Patrol is trying to locate a car they say may have been involved in an accident that caused a fatality Thursday.

A Bishopville man died Thursday afternoon in a wreck on I-20 near the 85 mile marker, Kershaw County Coroner Johnny Fellers said.

EDITOR'S NOTE : Included in this article are several barbecue establishments in the tri-county area.

The Lee County Board of Education has given the go-ahead for Bishopville Primary School to carry out a voluntary uniform program in 2009-10. The pilot program, recommended to the board by Principal Lei Knight, had broad-based support from students, parents and faculty at the school, said District Superintendent Dr.

Randy Burns / The Item Big Brothers and Big Sisters Bikers Club President Tony Wilson and members Diane Reddick and Don McQuillar talk about plans for the Youth Fun Day in the Park slated for Saturday at Garrett Field on East Church Street in Bishopville.

The Digital McLeod Mobile Mammography Unit is planning several visits during the summer to sites across the northeastern region of South Carolina.