Greenwood News

Greenwood County emergency services director Derek Kinney said the county has hired Steven Holmes Sr. Holmes was one of four finalists for the position.

The deadline to enter Lander University's Short Film Competition is March 17. Part of the Fifth Annual Lander Film Festival, the event will feature lines written by A-list Hollywood screenwriters specifically for the competition.

Horace O'Dell Bennett, 79, of 6614 Ninety Six Highway, widower of Betty Crowe Bennett, died Saturday, March 8, 2014 at Self Regional Medical Center.

Greenwood City Council will consider a new alcohol ordinance which will allow events in the city to serve alcohol outside without having to go before council each time.

Sue Monaghan was presented with the award of Master Gardener of the Year by Ann Barklow at the recent annual meeting of the Lakelands Master Gardeners.

Born in Bamberg, SC on February 21, 1918, he was the son of William Adolph and Merchie Judy Klauber of St. George, SC.

Daniel W. Ball, 12th president of Lander University, has announced his plans to retire as president of the institution effective June 30, 2015.

Helen Kind Murphy, 98, resident of 212 W. Durst Avenue, widow of Lt. Col. Arthur Thomas Murphy, Jr., died March 6, 2014 at Hospice House.

Imprisoned more than half his life for a rape and murder conviction, 53-year-old Edward Lee Elmore, center, celebrates his 2012 release in Greenwood, South Carolina.

Marquis Anderson, the 20-year-old Greenwood man accused of holding his girlfriend and 1-month-old child hostage at knifepoint, has a number of charges pending, according to court records.

According to a report from the Greenwood County Sheriff's Office, deputies were dispatched to One Stop Marina, located at 5121 Old Laurens Rd., after a female came into the store saying she had been assaulted by her boyfriend, later identified as Robert Steven Coleman II, of 618 Sandshore Drive.

's Alumni Association has selected a school nurse, a television producer and an educator to receive its prestigious annual awards.

The theme of this year's Peace Studies Conference, coming to Lander University on Thursday, March 20, is "peace of mind."

Charles Yates, 71, of 111 Hailey Court, husband of Vicki Miller Yates, died Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at his home.

Tony Wideman, owner of T.W. Boon's in Uptown Greenwood, announced Wednesday night that he will be running for the S.C. House of Representatives District 12 seat.

Samuel Wilbur McClain, Sr., 81, husband of Mildred Smith McClain of 6316 Hwy 184 East, died March 4, 2014 at Hospice of the Piedmont in Greenwood.

Carl Alton Ouzts, 86, of Maitland, FL went home to meet his Lord on Monday February 24, 2014.

Glenda Harriett Taylor Lax, 83, resident of 1137 Frazier Road, wife of Brigadier General Joseph O. "Joe" Lax, Jr. died March 2, 2014 at her home.

The facility is scheduled to be ready for occupancy in the Fall of 2015. University broke ground on Tuesday, March 4, for a $15 million residence hall that will rise on a portion of the university's former softball field, opposite the Physical Education and Exercise Center.

CNN's Ashleigh Banfield will join Executive Producers Alex Gibney and Brad Hebert and other special guests to discuss the legal issues brought up in "Death Row Stories" in a special Google Hangout at 6 p.m. ET Wednesday.