Allendale County News

After working three years for the town of Bluffton, Tim Bennett, who served most recently as deputy town manager, left a week ago to take the top post in Allendale County.

Nearly 500 people in Allendale wait for room to open up in a conference center Wednesday for the Savannah River Site job fair.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 5:33 p.m. Wednesday, South Carolina's Superintendent of Education was on the Grand Strand.

An archaeologist who's been digging at the Topper Site in Allendale County for 11 years is uncovering new evidence that could rewrite America's history.

ALLENDALE a ' One of South Carolina's largest employers is visiting an area with the state's highest unemployment, looking to fill thousands of new jobs.

More than 500 people braved 90 degree temperatures Wednesday afternoon. Beads of sweat forming.maybe because of the weather, maybe because it could mean a new job.

The state unemployment rate has hit 12.1 percent. The highest numbers can be found in Allendale County with 22.1 percent.

Lynn Simpson applies for five to seven jobs a week. She has done that since November when she was laid off from a real estate firm, but still has not found a new job.

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for northwestern Bulloch county Jenkins county Screven county Allendale county northern Hampton county until 330 am edt At 232 am edtNational Weather Service doppler radar indicated a line of severe thunderstorms capable of producing damaging winds in excess of 60 mph.

News 12 at 6 o'clock; June 17, 2009 BARNWELL, S.C. --- Hundreds of people line up and wrap around a school building in Barnwell today, as the unemployed look for new jobs open at the Savannah River Site.

Since early May, amateur archaeologists have joined professionals in an ongoing excavation of a site in western Allendale County, S.C., that apparently was called home by humans in the Ice Age.

Despite South Carolina's third- highest-in-the-nation jobless rate and a recession that has hit the state's economy hard, very few economic development or job bills were introduced during the just concluded legislative session.

South Carolina's unemployment rate set a state record high of 11.5 percent in April, the state Employment Security Commission announced Friday.

A flood advisory for minor flooding is in effect for eastern Screven County in Georgia and for south central Allendale County in South Carolina until 9:15 pm Thursday.

These are the bookings recorded for the Doris C. Gravat Detention Center for May 5. Some of the people listed may not have actually spent time in jail if they posted bond and were released.

The annual Carolina Cooter Race will be held this weekend in Allendale County, during the 2009 edition of Cooterfest.

The National Weather Service has issued some severe weather advisories for some CSRA counties.

* Locations in the advisory include but are not limited to GoloidAltman AppletonGreen Hill AllendaleSeigling White HillHunters Sheppards Keep children away from drainage ditchesstorm sewers and creeks.

Authorities say a 74-year-old South Carolina man has been killed after he walked in front of a train.

A head on collision in Allendale County leaves one person dead Wednesday night. The South Carolina Highway Patrol tells is happened on SC125 about 10 miles north of the city.