Whitmire News

Abney Hill Road, 1100 block, 4:33 p.m. June 21. Authorities are investigating a fire that resulted in $3,000 damage to a barn and its contents.

A Union teen-ager has been arrested in car break-ins that occurred in the city. Stevie Laron Harris, 17, of 215 Tate Avenue, was charged Wednesday by the Union Public Safety Department with three counts of breaking into a vehicle and two counts of petit larceny.

The Union County Sheriffa s Office is investigating the theft of a chainsaw from United Wood.

Firefighters worked throughout the night and early morning to put out a fire that rose above the Newberry skyline.

Jordan Suber is a 17-year-old junior at Whitmire Community School. She is the reigning Miss Union Teen 2009 and cares very deeply for the children of Union County.

A Union man was sentenced to more than four years in prison Monday after he pleaded guilty to breaking into a house.

Michael Thomas was elected Sunday as fire chief for the town of Whitmire, filling in the spot his father, Carol Thomas, left empty in January after resigning.

Services for Joseph Edward Whitmire, 89, will be held at 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at the Keenan Chapel of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral on Sumter Street in Columbia.

Whitmire seniors listen to their former second grade teacher, Beth Brooks, address their class.

A 46-year-old man from Chester County was killed on Wednesday on Interstate 26 in Newberry County, according to the S.C. Highway Patrol.

A 46-year-old man troopers say was operating a lawnmower near Interstate-26 east was struck and killed Wednesday morning, eight miles west of Whitmire.

Newberry deputies have arrested a 44-year-old North Augusta man, who is accused of stealing a chain saw from a home improvement store.

Monday, June 01, 2009 at 4:53 p.m. Officers with the Newberry county sheriffs department and the Whitmire police department seized almost six grams of cocaine, more than $1,000 dollars cash and several items of drug paraphernalia from a Whitmire Home on Wednesday.A The officers also found a .22 pistol in the home.A A Officers arrested Michael Epps ...

BEST MEDIC a ' Local Paramedic Bridgett Parsons was named S.C. Paramedic of the Year.

In one prison monitored by signal sensors, "the maximum-security sector looked like a telemarketing center." Photo: Andrew Hetherington In his 25-plus years as a Texas state senator, John Whitmire had never received a phone call like this one.

Six people have been arrested on drug charges in cases made by the Union County Sheriffa TMs Office.

Murder suspect Derrick "Black Jesus" Ruff is in custody in the Union County Jail.

The Union County Sheriffa TMs Office is investigating an incident where a man allegedly shot at another man who had been called to give a woman a ride home.

The county estimates around $185,000 in repairs are needed at the Clemson Extension Building on Martin Street.

The Green Team at Whitmire Community School is working hard to save our environment and conserve energy.