St. Matthews News

T&D Staff Report Orangeburg County Sheriff's Office Police are asking the public's help in solving a June 28 homicide on Charleston Highway that left a 27-year-old Orangeburg man dead of a gunshot wound.

A St. Matthews man has pleaded guilty in federal court to defrauding a bank. Jose R. Contreras, 43, will be sentenced later and could face a fine of $1 million and 30 years in prison, according to the U.S. ...

The Orangeburg County Planning Commission on Wednesday agreed to change the zoning on two mobile home subdivisions to allow additional single-wides in an effort to limit economic hardship on the developer.

A St. Matthews man has pleaded guilty in federal court to defrauding a bank. Jose R. Contreras, 43, will be sentenced later and could face a fine of $1 million and 30 years in prison, according to the U.S. ...

The mammoth lineman has been dominant on the camp circuit this summer, and he's already garnered several offers from BCS conference programs.

Looking for a one-of-a-kind work of art to hang on this year's Christmas tree or out your window to catch the sun? Stained glass artist Alice French of St.

Take a drive through the countryside and you'll see some of the Midlands most beautiful farmlands, but one has caught the eyes of some of our state's top agriculture connoisseurs.

Services for Effie Chapman Peeler, 85, of Gaston, will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, July 11, 2008, at Christian Fellowship Baptist Church Hwy.

More people are heading to Columbia's S.C. Employment Security Commission office because of rising unemployment.

Volunteers Susan Creed, from left, Chuck Lee, of Columbia and Stephanie Eaddy and Robert Eaddy of Lake City, look for butterflies at Congaree National Park.

Funeral services for Allen "Al" Favor will be held 1:00 p.m. Saturday, June 28, 2008, at Bethel AME Church, St.

Virginia Davis Carroll, 90, of 207 Dantzler, St. Matthews, died Tuesday afternoon, June 24, 2008, in The Oaks.

"Light" and "slow" are how poll managers at two Eastside voting precincts describe the turnout thus far for today's primary election.

Things were going so swimmingly by mid-May in the Statehouse that House leaders were floating the idea of heading home early to save the taxpayers a little money .

ST. MATTHEWS Incumbent Thomas Summers handily defeated challenger Lin Shirer, getting 75 percent of the vote and taking a big step toward his third four-year term as Calhoun County sheriff in Tuesday's only ...

A midnight stakeout paid off in Calhoun County Monday when deputies arrested a pair on charges stemming from the recent theft of several thousands of dollars in copper.

"It really didn't hit me until about a month ago that 'Oh, my goodness. I did it.

As part of a company-wide downsizing initiative, the Fred's discount stores in Allendale and St.

Calhoun County - A water main break left half of the town of St. Matthews without any water Wednesday afternoon, but that problem has now been fixed.

House Minority Leader Harry Ott says he'll run for his Democratic leadership position again.