Chappells News

Dry conditions and storms are keeping local firefighters busy, while the governor is asking residents to conserve water.

A homeland security grant is helping the Chappells Fire Department and Rescue Squad builds up their stations and the surrounding area.

Armed Forces News Sgt. Valas Williams, a member of the Fourth Battalion, Second Brigade of the South Carolina National Guard, recently graduated from the Raider Course.

Three Laurens County teens have been arrested and charged with murder in the shooting death of a Laurens County man July 1. Brothers Travis Maurice Owens, 18, Terrence Owens, 16, and a 15-year old have been ...

Three people have been arrested and charged in relation to the murder of a Laurens County man who was shot and killed Tuesday night.

Laurens County authorities are investigating the shooting death of a man in Cross Hill.

“She sent the money here, and I went and picked it out for her.”

A weekend of celebration after a year apart began Friday as friends and family gathered at armories across the state to welcome home members of the South Carolina Army National Guard's 218th Brigade Combat team ... via WCNC

JOHNSTON -- Funeral services for Mr. Marvin Kermit Carlson will be held on Sunday, March 30, 2008, at 3:00 p.m. at Mt. Calvery Lutheran Church with Rev. J. Chris Fischer officiating assisted by Rev. L.E. Cumbee. Burial will follow in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery in Saluda County. The family will receive friends at Bland Funeral Home from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Saturday evening. Memorials may be made to Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church Building Fund, 1186 Mt. Calvary Road, Johnston, SC 29832.

Mr. Carlson, born August 7, 1922, died March 28, 2008. He was a native of Bird Island, Minnesota and was the son of the late Victor and Esther Carlson. He attended school in Hector, MN. After graduation, he apprenticed as a watchmaker to a jeweler in Bird Island. At the onset of WW II he enlisted in the Army Air Corps, where he served as 1st lieutenant. He graduated and received his wings as a bombardier-navigator at Midland Army Air Base. Continuing his training, he was transferred to Columbia Army Air Base where he joined a B-25 air crew. While in Columbia, he met and married Mary Lou Werts from Chappells, SC. After completing training, he was sent to Corsica and Italy where he became a part of the 340 Bomb Group and 487 Bomb Squadron. He was awarded the Air Medal with clusters and the Unit Citation with clusters. At war's end, his family settled in Johnston, SC, where he resumed his craft of watchmaker. He joined the instrument department at Savannah River Plant and retired from the project department in 1980. After retirement he, his wife Mary Lou, and his dog, Sam, stayed in Johnston where they continued to raise cattle and timber. Read more

“That lake is the engine that drives this county.”

Day two of the town's charrette began Wednesday with a gathering of business owners, ready to discuss their primary customer base. via The Index Journal

“I remember hearing them say 'making it grow,' and I decided in 1992 that one day, I would become a Master Gardener”

The ETV Master Gardener program, "Making It Grow!," had a tremendous influence on at least one Lakelands-area resident. via The Index Journal