Whitmire News Archives

Mark Sanforda s visit to Seneca this week did nothing to sway the Oconee Delegationa s opinion that he should step down.

An anonymous scribbler chalked up his frustration about the towna s new meeting site on a Whitmire courtroom blackboard upstairs in Town Hall last week.

Problems associated with the use of alcohol and other drugs affect all Newberrians.

Some family members of Kelvin Davis cried softly Wednesday as they listened to witnesses testify about the events before and after his death and the activities of those alleged to be involved in his killing Davis was 19 when he was shot to death during an invasion of his home on 147 Woodberry Drive on Aug.

A Whitmire man is on trial for his alleged role in a home invasion and murder that occurred in Union County in 2008.

Murder or self-defense is a question a local jury is setting out to decide this week in the case of a local Newberry man and his estranged, deceased wife.

When Band Director Rob Gunning announced that the 2009 Royal Regiment Marching Band show was going to be about America, there were some that were a bit skeptical.

Frank Edward "Eddie" Prather, aged 58, went to meet his Savior on September 9, 2009, at his home on Pettus Lane in Newberry.

Police in a small northeast Georgia town are investigating a murder for the first time in seven years.

There's one woman who shops at the new Whitmire thrift store on HIghway 121 sometimes just to spend a quarter.

Published: Thursday, September 3, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, August 30, 2009 at 4:20 p.m. Rock hounds interested in seeing some gems from the area will have the chance at the Apple Festival to check out stones mined not too far from home.