Allendale County News

Allendale county in southeast South Carolina. Hampton county in southeast South Carolina.

Look in Friday's edition of The Messenger for coverage of Tuesday's City Council Forum.

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division announced the arrest of one of its own on Tuesday.

For creatures that haven't been around for 65 million years, dinosaurs sure get a lot of attention.

Funeral service for Douglas Morris Williams, Sr., 82, of Blackville, SC, will be held three p.m. Thursday, September 24, 2009, at First Baptist Church of Blackville with burial in Blackville Cemetery, Dr.

Going to work may never be the same again. The Great Recession has reshaped the American workplace and work force in ways that will last years, if not longer.

For Veronica Roberts it has to be the biggest thing ever to come through Ulmer South Carolina.

At least one member of Hartsville City Council will face a challenge in the November municipal election.

As USC-Union's enrollment grows, the harder it is for people to understand why S.C. Gov.

More marijuana plants are found in Allendale County. The sheriff's office tells News 12 they found another 112 marijuana plants today.

South Carolina's unemployment rate has gone down for the first time in more than a year and a half, officials announced Friday, but at least one expert says the dip isn't necessarily good news.

August 4, 2009 - 11:42 p.m. EST The 2009 Kids Count Report recently released shows that Oconee and Pickens counties are faring much better than the rest of the state when it comes to the health and well-being of infants, children and teens.

Do not be deceived by June's flat unemployment rate report. Although South Carolina's jobless rate increased just one-tenth of a percentage point from May's revised 12 percent, economists say that is not a sign the economy has hit bottom.

Darlington County and Chesterfield County each set record high unemployment rates for the month of June, state employment officials said Friday.

Chester County again ranked third in unemployment in the state of South Carolina in the month of June, according to the latest rankings released by the state Friday.

For the first time in months, South Carolina's unemployment rate stayed virtually steady in June, according to numbers released Friday.

Local wood storks, swallow-tailed kites and wild turkeys will get some intense attention later this month with the Wings and Wetlands event set for July 24 to 26, based at the North Augusta Community Center.

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.