Richburg News

Two Chester County students were recognized by Junior Achievement of Central Carolinas Inc.

Rock Hill's textile industry that was the city's industrial lifeblood is long dead.

A Richburg man was arrested this week in an undercover Internet sting conducted by the state's Attorney General's Office.

A severe weather system passed over Chester County from about 6:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. The National Weather Service had issued a tornado warning for the county, which was to expire at 7:15. At least one report of a twister is being sent to the NWS for confirmation, according to Eddie Murphy, director of Chester County Emergency Management.

An Edgemoor man got up at 6:30 in the morning the other day and walked around in his yard,. "admiring the beauty." It was Brian Blanks' yard, but a friends and family came together to do some work on it for him, to make it a retreat, a place where he can get some solace, away from the cancer that has come back.

Interstate 77 has become both a helipad and a very dangerous roadway the past four days.

Several workers at the ATI Allvac plant in Richburg were laid off earlier this week, The N&R has learned.

A county already reeling from reaching the top of the state's unemployment rankings, then learning a local plant will soon close its doors may have some more bad news coming.

Most of the usual crowd of local officials were on hand last week when L&C Railway received the official certification that its 1,438-acre Carolinas I-77 Megasite had been certified as suitable for major advanced manufacturing facilities.

Chester County Council can't block sexually-oriented businesses from coming here, but it is putting some hurdles in the way of strip clubs and other such businesses.

The L&C Railways's 1,438-acre Carolinas I-77 Megasite , located in Richburg has been certified as a Megasite suitable for automotive assembly operations and other major advanced manufacturing facilities, Chester County Supervisor Carlisle Roddey announced today.

General Motors sent letters to about 1,100 dealers nationwide Friday with news they would be terminated.

Just a day after celebrating that it would be keeping its Chrysler dealership, Nourse Interstate Automall found out today that its General Motors signs likely would be coming down next year.

A 26-year-old Summerton man was killed after he lost control of the motorcycle he was riding Sunday evening, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

Dozens of people were forced out of bed Friday morning at a Chester County motel where they were sleeping.

Firefighters sometimes describe their co-workers as brothers. They team up side-by-side as a brotherhood, often risking their own lives, to save the lives and property of others.

Fort Lawn Fire Chief Allen Culp found out what it was like to be on the other side Thursday evening.

Joseph Henry "Bay" Richburg, passed on Sunday, April 5, 2009, in Overlook Hospital, Summit, NJ.

A man was injured in a crash at a motocross park in Chester County on Wednesday.

Carlisle Roddey and Moses Caldwell not only trusted Ralph Kirby enough to buy a car from him they both trusted that he would always do right by Chester.