Marlboro County News

Longtime Aiken educator Dr. Frank Roberson has been named superintendent of schools in the school district of Marlboro County.

Thursday, July 02, 2009 at 8:05 p.m. Thursday afternoon, the streets of the Shady Rest community in Bennettsville are quiet.

Marlboro County School District Board of Education has named Dr. Frank G. Roberson of North Augusta its new superintendent during a special called meeting Wednesday.

The Marlboro County Sheriff's Office says 15 people have been arrested across the county for narcotic-related offenses.

Big changes are coming to Coastal Carolina University, including a new arena for basketball.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 4:29 p.m. Someone intentionally torched a Marlboro County church Tuesday morning.

Alex "Rusty" Jones, age 59, of Hwy. 19, died Saturday, June 27, 2009. Rusty was born in Bennettsville, SC, on January 27, 1950, a son of the late Howard Kelly and Alice Stogner Jones.

The Marlboro County Sheriff's Office is looking for a man who skipped town after pleaded guilty to trafficking crack cocaine.

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

Hundreds of young adults in Chesterfield and Marlboro Counties are expected to complete a government summer employment program designed to increase the employment rate and improve moral in the midst of a harsh economic climate.

BENNETTSVILLE a ' Sheriff's deputies have reopened the case of a baby found dead at a trash station in northeast South Carolina six years ago.

Marlboro County sheriff's deputies are taking a second look at the unsolved case of a newborn girl found dead in a trash transfer station six years ago Wednesday.

The Omicron Zeta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. of Cheraw will collaborate with the Community Development Corporation of Marlboro County and S.C. State University 1890 Extension of Bennettsville to offer free workshops for current and potential small business owners.

Saturday, June 13, 2009 at 12:10 a.m. A Marlboro County man has been sentenced for his involvement in a gang shooting.

A set of twin brothers have been sentenced to jail time in Federal Court Friday for conspiracy to sell crack and powder cocaine.

Monday, June 08, 2009 at 7:43 p.m. A judge set bond for a woman charged in connection with the murder of her husband in Marlboro County.

Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 11:15 p.m. Deputies searched a Marlboro County home and were surprised by what they found.

A convicted felon is behind bars in Marlboro County Thursday following the execution of a search warrant by the Bennettsville Police Department.

A proposed general fund operating budget for the 2009-10 fiscal year that includes estimates for federal stabilization stimulus funds was presented to members of Marlboro County School District Board of Education.

State Sporting Clay Championship winners announced CLEMSON - The 4-H Division of the S.C. Youth Shooting Foundation State Sporting Clay Championship took place May 16 at Hermitage Farms in Camden.