Chapin News

Peggy Holt already had started eyeing the golden years of retirement. For 35 years, she had devoted her energies to a nursing career and looked forward to one day traveling the world with her husband, Chuck.

Abney Hill Road, 1100 block, 4:33 p.m. June 21. Authorities are investigating a fire that resulted in $3,000 damage to a barn and its contents.

Chapin police are investigating two robberies at the same gas station that took place within a week of each other.

Chapin Baptist Church has raised thousands of dollars for the parents of two young Chapin children killed in a four-vehicle wreck Monday in Lexington County.

Chapin Baptist Church is wrapping their arms around a couple at their church who lost their only two children in a car accident.

Johanna Lewis had never picked blueberries before. But there she was last Friday, pulling the plump berries from the 6-foot-tall plants and dropping them into the gallon bucket strapped around her waist.

Bond has been set at $50,000 dollars for a Chester man accused of trying to have sex with a 13-year-old girl.

Norm Attaway of Clearwater, S.C., won the Walmart Bass Fishing Leagu South Carolina Division tournament on Clarks Hill Lake Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 11 pounds, 6 ounces.

Needing to trim its ranks, the S.C. Army National Guard has stopped offering cash bonuses to sign up for most jobs, ratched up standards, and pulled back on recruiting.

The City of Columbia Water Works advises all water customers in the 100 and 200 block of Columbia Ave in Chapin, SC, located in Lexington County, to vigorously boil their water for at least one minute prior to drinking or cooking.

A new plan for developing low-lying property in the Richland County portion of Cayce has drawn initial support from city residents long opposed to construction on the east side of the Congaree River.

Spend date night at a movie - in the park. Unfold a blanket and watch "Bedtime Stories," rated PG, under the stars at 8 p.m. at Finlay Park, Taylor Street.

Lexington County Council on Tuesday adopted the budget for county government that next year will not carry a countywide tax increase for the first time in many years.

An outspoken councilwoman feels some people who don't agree with her may be harrassing her.

Trustus Theatre's Youth Theatre and the NiA Company tweak the tale of "Brer Rabbit" in a production opening today at the Black Box studio theater.

A state trooper fired after being charged Wednesday with DUI and having an open container has been released from Lexington County jail on $1,259 bail.

Monday, June 01, 2009 at 1:09 p.m. IRMO-Becky Krantz, an English for Speakers of Other Languages teacher at Seven Oaks Elementary and Arturo Romero, facilities supervisor at CrossRoads Middle School, received Lexington-Richland Five's top honors.

A Midlands family says their daughter wants to wear pants under her cap and gown, but her school says she has to wear a dress.

Posted on Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 11:27 p.m. Travel to certain areas across the Midlands and you're certain to encounter homes that need repairs; or frankly, that need to be rebuilt.

The South Carolina Supreme Court will allow Gov. Mark Sanford to intervene on a case where a pair of students have asked the court if Sanford can be forced to spend federal stimulus money he has so far refused to take.