Newberry News

The first money cut from the state at the beginning of the school year left the Newberry School District with $627,904 less to work with.

With hopes of a new penny tax being passed by county voters, Piedmont Technical College announced today it has secured an option to purchase the former Wal-Mart building on Wilson Road.

A former Newberry County Memorial Hospital general surgeon walked out of a surgery for half an hour in February 2006 because a surgical tool wasn't available, said the state Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation before the South Carolina State Board of Medical Examiners in May.

City leaders have put the thaw on a hiring freeze put into effect in March. City Manager Eric Budds, in his last City Council meeting in that position, told council members the freeze had been a preemptive move and one that now needed to be lifted to ensure that city services were not "reduced." Specifically, Budds said there are two open police ...

The Columbia Parkinsona s Support Group meeting on November 15th will have as our guest speaker, Judy Greenwood of the South Carolina Lieutenant Governor's Office on Aging.

Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009 1:46 p.m. A man who authorities say committed suicide after the Saturday robbery of an Aiken fast food restaurant has been identified as a 24-year-old Columbia resident.

Authorities say workers at a South Carolina plant found the body of a missing 52-year-old man.

According to Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton, a body was found floating in the Savannah River near Beech Island, SC around noon on Wednesday.

A company that began three decades ago in a backyard in Silverstreet was voted as the best plumbing company in the county for the past three years.

No one was hurt when a Boundary Street home went up in flames Wednesday afternoon.

Former U.S. Army Officer and Newberry College President Mitchell M. "Mick" Zais announced Thursday that he is seeking the Republican nomination for Superintendent of Education.

An American tradition that is 90 years old marches on tomorrow as the Newberry Veterans Day Parade rolls down Main Street at 11 a.m. Begun as a commemoration of Armistice Day, the national holiday has its roots in the ending of the hostilities of World War I on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918.

Newberry A County deputies have arrested and charged a man with operating an illegal gambling facility out of his home.

The Sheriffa s Office is continuing to investigate a Wednesday shooting on Adelaide Street.

Fewer district teachers left Newberry to work in other districts last school year, said Pam Arrington, human resources executive director, at last week's school board meeting.

The Josephine Bookman WMS of Mt. Moriah AME Church Annual Joy Night Service Guest Speaker Rev.

Accounting Basics: Understanding Business Financial Statements Co-sponsored by the City of Newberry & the Small Business Development Center at Newberry College i DESIGNED ESPECIALLY FOR BEGINNERS i GAIN THE ABILITY TO INTERPRET AND ANALYZE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS When? Thursday, November 5th from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm Where? Newberry County Library ...

Yesterday, Mick Mulvaney spoke in Newberry as S.C. Republican Party Chair Karen Floyd, right, and Newberry County Republican Party Chair Chad Connelly lend their support.

As a student in need of spending money, Wayne Hollinger got part of his education from a wide range of jobs.

Chris Wells, in the tie, as Mr. Tucker talks to his "The Best Tears of Our Lives" director, played by Stanley Booker.