Mullins News

A plurality of FITS readers say the Confederate battle flag should not be moved from its current location - on the north lawn of the S.C. State House grounds behind a Confederate soldiers' monument.

The U.S. Congress recognized Frank Jones at the Marion County industry appreciation luncheon on Nov.

Agents have arrested a Mullins man after an extensive drug investigation by the Marion County Combined Drug Unit, according to a press release from Marion County Sheriff Mark Richardson.

As the topper on a job proposal, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mullins McLeod said Thursday that the state needs to bring down the controversial Confederate Flag on the Statehouse grounds and put it in a museum where it belongs.

The Marion County Museum appointed a new museum director, Rosanne Black. Black is a Marion native, but has been moving around South Carolina.

The Marion County economy will soon be getting a much-needed boost, following the announcement a multi-million dollar food processing and packaging facility will establish itself in Mullins.

Candidates running for South Carolina governor agree agribusiness is key to the state's future.

Police need your help to find a man wanted in a burglary in Marion County. Chamber announces non-stop service from Toronto to MYR By Continuous News Desk Today at 4:20 p.m. Frequent fliers can soon fly non-stop from Myrtle Beach to Toronto and back.

A company that processes and packages ready-to-eat meals is expanding its South Carolina operations, creating roughly 80 jobs in a county struggling with high unemployment.

Democratic candidates for next year's governor's race will be in town this evening.

McCormick Elementary School fifth grader Ki'Yahn Leach has been accepted into the South Carolina Elementary Honors Choir.

U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett has sent a letter to his rival South Carolina gubernatorial campaigns which - for reasons surpassing our understanding - has the bloggers and reporters who are covering this race in a tizzy.

Russell Stover's candy outlet store closed its doors for good on Oct. 27. Although the 30-year candy factory has been closed since April 2000, the store remained open but was not making much money Marion County Economic Development Commission Director Rodney Berry said during a monthly meeting held this past week.

As we noted earlier this week, S.C. Superintendent of Education Jim Rex's fortunes have been flagging lately In fact, it's almost as bad for him these days as it is for the tens of thousands of South Carolina school children he keeps trapped in failing and below average schools.

A community walk against violent crime in Rock Hill is planned for Saturday, beginning at the Emmett Scott Center on Crawford Road and ending at the City Hall Plaza with several speakers.

SC Department of Agriculture commissioner, Hugh Weathers stopped by the Holiday Harvest at Broadway at the Beach in Myrtle Beach Thursday morning.

Gene Sullivan, the Rock Hill insurance agent who allegedly took money from elderly clients in a Ponzi scheme that lasted two decades, appeared in federal court Wednesday to ask the judge for more time in his arraignment.

An irate grocery shopper assaulted a Clover mom and daughter Monday evening after they tried twice to sell her school fundraising items she didn't want, police said.

Buddy Owens was mad, standing outside in 40-degree weather early Sunday morning, hosing egg off his truck.

Coker College's evening program is hosting information sessions for prospective adult students in Lake City and Mullins.