Jackson News

Miss Elizabeth Jackson Britt and Mr. Vincent Paul Bartges exchanged wedding vows in Hopelands Gardens on Saturday, Oct.

From his office window at Newport, R.I., Capt. Michael Langston could see the Narragansett River.

Commandant Sgt. Maj. Teresa King is the first woman in history to lead the Army's drill sergeant training school at Ft.

With the sound of schoolmates sniffling and crying all around him, 5-year-old Santos Duran bravely sat in his mom's lap in the band room at Forts Pond Elementary School and awaited his swine flu shot.

Need to make Halloween plans? Here are some frighteningly cool events. Many ... are to die for.

Man gets 10 years for abuse of infant One of two people accused of abusing an infant who suffered broken bones and brain damage pleaded guilty this week and received a 10-year prison sentence.

At 14 years old, she knew no better way to express what was coming. Day Zero was to be the day in October when Dad would leave their home in Watertown, Wis., for Army basic training in Fort Jackson, S.C. He was leaving, even though Mom was sick with ovarian cancer.

The students and faculty at Berry Middle School in Mesquite all have someone they can be proud of.

9 weeks. 10 hour days. That's just the tip of the iceberg for soldiers at the U.S. Army's Drill Sergeant School in Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

Originally published October 18, 2009 at 10:33 p.m., updated October 18, 2009 at 10:40 p.m. Pvt.

Bill Caudle was laid off from his job of 20 years in March. His wife, Michelle, is fighting ovarian cancer.

Donald G.E. Gott graduated from basic combat training Oct. 2, 2009, in Ft. Jackson, S.C., with Company C, 1st Battalion 34th Infantry Regiment "Ruff Ryders". He will continue his studies in Ft.

A South Carolina fifth-grader is recuperating after he was hit by a school bus. Multiple media outlets report that the Gordon Elementary School student was taken to a hospital Friday morning after he was struck by the bus before school.

Without hearing any public comment Wednesday, a Senate panel all but scrapped a plan to put the governor in charge of South Carolina's controversial environmental and health agency.

NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION: Columbia Chapter 87 of NARFE luncheon meeting, 11:30 a.m. Friday at Seawell's, 1125 Rosewood Drive.

WASHINGTON: Drill sergeants will soon begin resiliency training and a special Army school to teach resiliency may be established in the spring, said Brig.

Friday, Oct. 9, 2009 12:30 p.m. The annual Hook & Cook Festival will take place Saturday.

Karen Sue Caughron Wienke Karen Sue Caughron Wienke, 65, beloved wife of Theodore A. Wienke, died Thursday, Oct.

Monday, October 05, 2009 at 9:19 a.m. 13th Annual Carolina Downhome Blues Festival is bigger and better than ever! Camden-The countdown to the annual Carolina Downhome Blues Festival is on, and music lovers are ready to celebrate.

Nicholas D Wolf, a 2009 graduate of Angola High School, recently completed his basic training at the Ft.