Saluda News

For several years Jim McNeill has served as a master teacher through the National Council For History Education.

George Riser grew up working the land in a family of sharecroppers in Saluda and always swore he'd never do that kind of work once he was on his own.

Free Times wins an award! Woo hoo! The South Carolina Center for the Book recently announced 2009 winners for writing, teaching and literary arts advocacy.

The initial unveiling of Greenville County's greenways plan is tonight. While the greenways plan is just paper now, it is the roadmap for Greenville County to expand its greenways across the county and beyond.

Although he knows he has some big shoes to fill in the pending retirement of Charles L. Young - 36 years' worth - Randall "Randy" Cole is ready to take over as CEO of Circle Park Behavioral Health Services on Wednesday.

A wreck in Saluda County killed one person over the weekend. According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, the accident happened Sunday afternoon on Highway 178, about five miles east of Saluda.

As a fellow who spends plenty of time fishing, Fred Benanti has been known to occasionally check the "Astro Tables" in his favorite fishing magazines.

Posted on Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 6:45 p.m. A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued until 11 pm by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center for the following counties: Aiken,Calhoun, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington, Richland, Saluda and Sumter counties.

A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued byA NOAA's Storm Prediction Center until 11 pm for the following counties: Aiken, Calhoun, Clarendon, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington, Newberry, Orangeburg, Richland, Saluda and Sumter counties.It's another day of severe weathe for the midlands.

Johnnie Gayle Ridgell Rinehart, 76, of 1405 Columbia Hwy., died Monday, June 15, 2009, at Self Regional Medical Center.

William Earl Ross, 60, of 321 Butler Rd., died Saturday, May 23, 2009 in Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood.

An Aiken County bill that would make it easier to reduce school-district staff has reached an impasse because of regional differences in the delegation, a split among school board members and new opposition by a Saluda County lawmaker.

The slogan on the shirts read "South Carolina Poultry Festival. ... Where Chicken Happens!" But this year, the thousands of visitors to the festival were hard-pressed to find chicken.

Some Midlands counties are under a sever thunderstorm warning until 6:30 p.m. The National Weather Services have issued the warning for the following counties: Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland and Saluda.

Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 3:41 p.m. Tonight our travels take us to the small town of Saluda.

Saundra Arant Crouch, 63, of 323 Poindexter Lane, Lexington, SC, died Saturday, April 18, 2009 at her residence after an almost two year battle with cancer.

Bill Green has supervised exploration of more than 250 potentially historic sites around the Southeast.

Lexington County deputies, along with help from the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, have arrested a 36-year-old Saluda man for failing to pay more than $14,000 in court-ordered child support payments.

A Saluda County deputy is back on the job after a party on Walnut Creek Road that Sheriff Jason Booth calls a bad situation.

In Saluda County, officials say they're investigating their second murder in two months.