Clarendon County News

Photo Provided Sumter volunteer Larry Nettles received the Elizabeth Poat Award at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Red Cross of Central South Carolina recently.

A standoff with the Clarendon County Sheriff's Office Thursday ended with a "major player" in the local drug scene off the street, Sheriff Randy Garrett said.

S.C. Highway Patrol Senior Trooper Wilson Owens Horton Jr., a Lake City native, has been named the state's Trooper of the Year for 2008.

A legislative override of one of Gov. Mark Sanford's vetoes means two Clarendon County school districts can possibly use excess money from the county's 1-cent capital expenditures sales tax for more than buildings, equipment and other capital expenses.

One of the main goals of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was to save or create 3.5 million jobs nationwide.

The House and Senate spent the first hour back in session on introductions, for the most part.

Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 9:29 p.m. Severe storms swept across the midlands between 4 and 8 pm.

It's going to be another wild night of weather as severe thunderstorms are storming through the Midlands.

Service for Mildred "Millie" Crocker Bagnal, 74, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 17, 2009, at Cayce United Methodist Church.

Thursday's severe weather system moved through Clarendon County, and caused some structural damage at the RM Cooper Leadership Center in Summerton, also known as Camp Bob Cooper.

Four boaters have been reported missing in Clarendon County. The boaters were at Camp Bob Cooper near Lake Marion.

Two small communities nestled on the border of Clarendon and Williamsburg counties will no longer be dependent on wells for suitable drinking water, thanks to a $545,200 federal grant.

Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 11:49 p.m. Thursday night's storms brought some scary moments at a camp in Clarendon County.

After a charged public hearing on Monday that lasted nearly two hours, Clarendon County Council finally passed third reading of its 2009-10 budget, which will call for the county to spend about $17,051,780. Along with the budget, council also approved a 5.1 millage increase, which means slightly higher taxes for the coming year.

Now that Gov. Mark Sanford has been forced to accept federal stimulus funds, law enforcement agencies look to bolster their manpower and upgrade equipment and technology via the U.S. Department of Justice JAG program.

Hail and heavy rain pounded Sumter and Clarendon counties Monday night, but the area was spared any major damage.

Work at Scott Jackson Farms resumed this morning. But vandals who rammed tractors in buildings, the cab of an 18-wheeler truck into a shed, and left a combine still running after ramming it into an empty horse barn, greatly changed the course of that work.

The Sumter County Sheriff's Office announced today that a major drug operation in the Rembert area was recently broken up.

Pastors and members past and present helped Manning United Methodist Church celebrate its 150th anniversary during a special service Sunday.

Officials are trying to figure out who vandalized thousands of dollars worth of equipment at one of Clarendon County's biggest farms.