Jonesville News

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

Members and associate members of the Union County Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind are celebrating the organization's 30th anniversary.

Law officers searching a home for drugs also found an animal who is believed to have been mistreated.

A Union man is accused of converting his mothera TMs pension to his own use. James Allen Carter, 61, of 113-A West Main St.

Master Sgt. Troy Brewington supervises the uniformed patrol division of the Union County Sheriff's Office.

A Union man was sentenced to more than four years in prison Monday after he pleaded guilty to breaking into a house.

Replacing South Carolinaa s current tax system with one that puts political power back in the hands of the taxpayer will be one of Randall Englisha s priorities if hea s elected to the S.C. House of Representatives.

There have been a lot of milestones in Pastor John Codya s life and this weekend two more will be marked.

A second Jonesville man has been arrested in connection with a shooting incident that occurred on May 21.

The Union County Sheriffa TMs Office is investigating an incident in which two newly-installed light poles at the Timken Sports Complex were vandalized.

A Jonesville man is in jail for allegedly opening fire on a motorist in May. Franklin Bernard Harris, 25, 443 Whitlock Lake Road, was charged by the Union County Sheriffa s Office with assault with intent to kill.

Two teenagers were hurt Wednesday night when their go-cart apparently ran a stop sign and struck a car on U.S. 21 in the Jonesville community of Colleton County.

Drugs, counterfeit money, dogs and dog fighting equipment were seized by deputies during a raid on a Union home Saturday.

A Jamaican man trying to scam a Lockhart woman didna t have the Publishera s Clearing-house check he claimed he had, but he did have an earful of obscenities for employees of the sheriffa s office.

When Helen Falls Cathcart was growing up, no one talked about the fall that claimed her father's life in 1930 while he was working as a brick mason on the new Jonesville High School.

A life that was short but touched many will be celebrated on Saturday. Organizers of a benefit for Alayna Taylor said they plan to go forward with the event, which will be held from 12 noon until 8 p.m. at West Springs Baptist Church.

Queen Mims completed her breast cancer treatments earlier this year. By ANNA BROWN JONESVILLE - Queen Mims says her experience with cancer is a testimony to what God can and will do for a person if that person believes in Him.

A Union man involved in two separate altercations with family members that led to his arrest was sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday.

The Dollar General Distribution Center in Jonesville will hold a job fair for general warehouse positions on Wednesday from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at the South Carolina Employment Security Commission office at 440 North Duncan By-Pass. The company will hire warehouse workers through a temporary agency, Phillips Staffing, in Gaffney.

Proud parents: Jared and Lacy Taylor are shown with their daughter, Alayna, who was born 15 weeks early on Jan.