Carlisle News

The best way to deal with Union Countya TMs high unemployment may be to drown it.

CARLISLE a ' Residents here and from surrounding areas can get help in buying or repairing a house from the U.S. Department of Agriculturea TMs Rural Development Office.

Thanks to a generous donor, the Union County YMCA will be able to serve meals to disadvantaged children this summer.

A 46-year-old man from Chester County was killed on Wednesday on Interstate 26 in Newberry County, according to the S.C. Highway Patrol.

A Chester man was killed Wednesday when a car struck the mower he was operating at an interstate rest stop in western South Carolina.

A 46-year-old man troopers say was operating a lawnmower near Interstate-26 east was struck and killed Wednesday morning, eight miles west of Whitmire.

Graduating seniors can go shopping courtesy of the Town of Carlisle. The town will give graduating high school and college seniors who live within the town limits $25 gift certificates from Belk in Union.

The demise of a federal summer food program means many underprivileged children in Union County are left holding an empty lunch bag.

The following people pleaded guilty Wednesday or Thursday in General Sessions Court before Circuit Judge John C. Hayes III of Rock Hill: Fallon Gregory, 3612 Santuc-Carlisle Highway, Carlisle, to four counts of forgery, one year suspended to time served and six months probation.

The Union County Sheriffa s Office should establish a permanent presence in Lockhart and Carlisle.

Union County deputies arrested four teenagers Sunday after a couple told police they were robbed at gunpoint.

Two more arrests have been made in what has been deemed a gang-related shooting in Carlisle Friday night.

Having a deputy stationed at town hall would make citizens feel safer, Carlisle's mayor says.

The Union County Sheriff's Office said more than two dozen people were arrested after a brawl in the town of Carlisle.

Union County deputies arrested more than two dozen people over the weekend in connection with a shooting that investigators said was gang-related. The shooting happened Friday, deputies said.

Companies looking to improve their employeesa skills can get some help through a federal grant program.

Work is proceeding on the new Sloan Construction facility and the expansion of LSP Automotive complex but the tight credit market has delayed the start of the Osage Bio Fuels plant in Carlisle.

Chester County Supervisor Carlisle Roddey hoped that the loss of jobs locally had hit bottom last month.

Fielding a unified economic development team has helped Union County gain national recognition for attracting new industry, according to an official with the Upstate Alliance.

Former Carlisle Mayor and current town council member Ann Stevens said her years at USC-Union helped pave the way for many of her future successes.