Richburg News

In joint meetings last night, a proposed incinerator that might create 50 jobs and possibly another 50 spinoff jobs and create an investment from $350 to $500 million was given initial green lights from the Chester County Planning Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals.

A proposed incinerator that might create 50 jobs and possibly another 50 spinoff jobs will not burn any hazardous waste, according to a county official who has seen the company in operation.

The Library Board of Directors appointed Taylor as interim director following library director Ann Ramsey's retirement in the summer.

Belton White / The Item First-grade Kingsbury Elementary School students feed a cow at Richburg Farms in Manning on Thursday while on a field trip.

One hundred forty-second church anniversary celebration, 2 p.m. Sunday. All invited.

Chester County Sheriff Richard Smith asked County Council Monday to pass an ordinance requiring all clubs to shut down at 2 a.m., even private ones, and remain closed for at least four hours.

Three Lancaster men are behind bars, and a victim was hospitalized after a Sunday morning shooting in the parking lot of a Richburg night club, authorities said.

Beltline Road from S.C. Highway 9 to Old Richburg Road was closed Tuesday night because of a possible chemical spill.

Imagine the force, the roaring winds and the destruction of a Category 4 hurricane.

The driver of a motorcycle who wrecked on Labor Day has died, The N&R has learned.

Investigators said an 11-month-old Chester County girl who died at Carolinas Medical Center over the weekend had been sexually assaulted.

A sometimes teary and sometimes combative George Rogers took the stand in his own defense Thursday afternoon, the last witness in his trial on two counts of reckless homicide in the March 26, 2007 deaths of two Richburg-area children.

ROCK HILL, S.C. Investigators say someone beat and sexually abused an 11-month-old South Carolina baby before she died.

An 11-month-old girl who died over the weekend was sexually abused while at a relative's house in Richburg, according to investigators who interviewed the child's mother.

A baby died 11 days before her first birthday at Carolinas Medical Center after she was admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit with bruises and internal injuries.

Investigators are looking into the case of an infant who was allegedly assaulted in Richburg, South Carolina.

Following the lead of Chester County Council, Fort Lawn Town Council approved first reading Tuesday of a measure to place restrictions on sexually-oriented businesses in the town limits.

The Chester chapter of the NAACP is vigorously denying claims that it has been contacted to help a local family that was put out by a fire and separated in Richburg last week.

The S.C. Highway Patrol is investigating the death of a Richburg woman who fell from a car near Great Falls around midnight Friday.

An argument over liquor led to the stabbing death of a 53-year-old Richburg man Monday, officials say.