Rock Hill News Archives

South Carolina's employment agency is hitting the road to help jobseekers connect with employers.

Hannah Hinrichsen's friends spent Thursday afternoon tearfully finishing a still-life drawing she had begun earlier this month.

At the Canadian Embassy on Thursday night, magic happened. Elwin Wilson, who had hated blacks for so long, who beat up a black man named John Lewis at the Rock Hill bus station in 1961 and then apologized 48 years later in words and actions that shook the world, told Lewis 'I love you.' Lewis had helped Wilson up the stairs of the auditorium ...

Jerry Rogers and his bride Adrianne Helton are married by Notary Public Marsha Boyd Monday at the Spot Laundromat on Heckle Blvd.

Winning $1,000 a week for one year sounded pretty sweet to Jerry McIntosh, so he purchased a scratch-off ticket at a Rock Hill lottery retailer.

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.

Georgia Rep. John Lewis and the white man who attacked him during a civil rights protest in 1961 have been chosen to receive the Common Ground award.Lewis, who is black, and Elwin Wilson will receive the award Thursday at the Canadian Embassy in Washington.The honor is given to those who've made significant contributions to bridging divides between ...

A former Sullivan Middle School band director accused of having a sexual relationship with a student at another school pleaded guilty to the charges against him Wednesday.

Rock Hill utilities officials have announced a schedule for fall leaf collection.

The two candidates for state House District 48 agreed on only one issue Monday night when they faced off during a forum at Fort Mill High School: the need to repeal Act 388, South Carolina's property tax reform legislation.

During a violent month in which two Rock Hill teenagers were shot to death and three wound up behind bars charged with murder, Kisha Lockhart decided to design a flyer - "Unlock the Door to Your Future" - to motivate families to act.

Investigators in South Carolina say a 41-year-old man was shot and killed by someone standing outside in his yard.

Rock Hill Police have charged an Orangeburg man with murder in the death of a woman who was shot Saturday morning in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant.

Seven people were arrested Friday during a prostitution sting in Rock Hill that also netted pills and cash.

Crews are entering the final stages of a $13 million project to widen S.C. 901 and create a "back door" to Rock Hill.

Rock Hill Police are currently investigating a homicide at a Jack in the Box restaurant.

An early trick-or-treater was arrested Wednesday after police say he stuffed 52 packages of snack-size candy bars in his pants and fled a Rock Hill store.

The Charlotte Area Transit System will expand its service in Rock Hill with the addition of the new 78X Celanese Corridor Express line, the first regional express service to connect to the LYNX Blue Line I-485/South Boulevard light rail station.

An alleged motorcycle gang member was sentenced to 10 years in prison Wednesday for stabbing a man twice his size in the chest over a parking space.

Rock Hill schools hope a new Web site will galvanize families to engage with public education like never before.

Voters can go to the polls today to cast ballots in the Rock Hill City Council's only contested fall election.

Two more people have been arrested in the armed robbery of a Rock Hill woman who police say was sleeping on her couch last month when she was held at knifepoint.

South Carolina's top teachers are meeting over the next month in leadership seminars.

Rock Hill lawyer Chad McGowan, a Democrat, jumped into the U.S. Senate race Monday, vowing to take on Republican incumbent Sen.

He still is in a back brace, and he spends most of his time at home drawing pictures of bicycles in bright colors - deep reds and blues that will keep him motivated to ride again and, he hopes, will remind drivers to watch out for people on two wheels.

Voters can go to the polls Tuesday to cast ballots in Rock Hill's only contested fall election.

Police say crooks from Charlotte are heading to Rock Hill and breaking into vehicles.

A Rock Hill man faces at least 15 years in prison after being convicted in federal court of illegally possessing a firearm.

After two teenagers were tragically killed, neighbors and police in Rock Hill are coming together to stop violent crimes.

A school bus driver told police she was forced to leave her seat and break up a fight that started Wednesday between three Rawlinson Road Middle School students.

John Counts was asleep in his hotel room when a ringing phone jolted him awake. It was 6 a.m. 'Mr. Counts, I know your wake-up call is a little later,' he recalled the desk clerk said.

A woman walking in a Rock Hill neighborhood was attacked Wednesday evening by a dog who escaped its electric fence, the animal's owner told police.

ROCK HILL Police have charged a Rock Hill teen in a Friday shootout that left one teenager dead and another person in critical condition.

ROCK HILL, S.C. a ' Police have made and arrest in murder in Rock Hill Friday. Police arrested 19-year-old Kennedy Fitzgerald Chisholm and charged him with murder, two counts of assault and battery with intent to kill, attempted armed robbery, criminal conspiracy and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.

COLUMBIA -- South Carolina lawyer Chad McGowan has taken the first formal steps to run for Republican U.S. Sen.

Rock Hill Police reported no new developments Saturday in their investigation into a Friday shootout that left one teenager dead and another person in critical condition.

Authorities say one South Carolina teen was killed and another person was critically injured in a shootout.

One person was killed Friday afternoon after an armed robbery near downtown Rock Hill that police said was a shootout involving assault rifles.

ROCK HILL, S.C. Charges have been dropped for a South Carolina teen previously accused in the death of a man who was shot on a porch during a robbery.

Police are investigating a fatal shooting early Friday afternoon on Workman Street, between Black Street and Albright Road in Rock Hill.

One student was arrested today after admitting to police that his cigarette started a small fire in the boy's bathroom at Rock Hill High this morning before classes began, officials say.

Charges have been dropped for a South Carolina teen previously accused in the death of a man who was shot on a porch during a robbery.

In 1970, there was just about nowhere in Rock Hill or the whole state of South Carolina where kids without a roof could turn.

A year after winning election to the state Senate, Indian Land Republican Mick Mulvaney has turned his sights to a bigger contest.

A Rock Hill man and a Chester woman have been charged in connection with a robbery last weekend on White Street.

Two Rock Hill teens, accused in an armed robbery and fatal shooting of 18-year-old Tyrone King on a Rock Hill porch last week, have been charged with murder, police say.

Police say a South Carolina man has been killed after he was shot on his porch during a robbery.

I've never been attacked. Never been assaulted, robbed or pistol-whipped. But I could be, and statistics show that I probably will be, if not tomorrow, then by the time I'm 60.

One man is dead after an armed robbery last night at a Rock Hill home, police say.

United States Attorney W. Walter Wilkins stated that a federal jury convicted Dwayne Roderick Ross, age 37, of Rock Hill, South Carolina, on federal drug conspiracy charges after a three-day trial.