Perry News

Emma Jane "Jean" Robbs Barnhill, 88, of 920 Wilkinsville Highway, went home to be with the Lord Thursday, September 4, 2008, in Upstate Carolina Medical Center.

Hannah Perry, 13, was one of many students who were excited about the first day of school Monday because it marked the beginning of new experiences and cooperative learning sessions with peers.

South Carolina environmental officials have dumped 44 retired New York City subway cars into the ocean off Murrells Inlet to build an artificial reef for fish.

South Carolina environmental officials have dumped 44 retired New York City subway cars into the ocean off Murrells Inlet to build an artificial reef for fish.

South Carolina environmental officials have dumped 44 retired New York City subway cars into the ocean off Murrells Inlet to build an artificial reef for fish.

South Carolina environmental officials have dumped 44 retired New York City subway cars into the ocean off Murrells Inlet to build an artificial reef for fish.

South Carolina environmental officials have dumped 44 retired New York City subway cars into the ocean off Murrells Inlet to build an artificial reef for fish.

South Carolina environmental officials have dumped 44 retired New York City subway cars into the ocean off Murrells Inlet to build an artificial reef for fish.

South Carolina environmental officials have dumped 44 retired New York City subway cars into the ocean off Murrells Inlet to build an artificial reef for fish.

South Carolina environmental officials have dumped 44 retired New York City subway cars into the ocean off Murrells Inlet to build an artificial reef for fish.

South Carolina's back-to-school tax-free weekend in August has become the state's third busiest, behind the weekends after Thanksgiving and before Christmas.

Barge workers unload one of 44 cleaned New York City subway cars Saturday into the ocean at the Bill Perry, Jr.

By Charles D. Perry cperry@heraldonline.com Updated 07/15/08 - 12:41 AM Rock Hill police officer Roy Ramsey remembers when catching a driver without a seat belt was easy.

Lenora Poole Kirkland, lovingly known to the community as "MeMa," departed this life July12, 2008.

PERRY ASHLEY. Gene Wilson. Timothy Evans. Those aren't household names around the Midlands.

CHUCK LARSEN will retire as president/CEO of the Greater Irmo Chamber of Commerce at the end of August.

Anna Perry, a 23-year-old representing Lexington, won the Miss South Carolina pageant Saturday night.

No, except on Independence Day. Fireworks can be used on the beachfront. Note: Fireworks cannot be sold or used within the incorporated cities, towns and beaches mentioned above, except for displays granted a ...

Harvey Gantt, right, the first African-American to attend Clemson University and the first black mayor of Charlotte, greets Theodora Blocker Thomas, 95, a lifelong member of Bethel A.M.E. Church.

By JAMES T. HAMMOND - jhammond@thestate.com Jim Hammond/jhammond@thestate.co Capt.