Newberry County News

Some suggestions on seeing fireworks tonight? Say 'Happy Birthday' to America with patriotic tunes from the Lake Murray Symphony Orchestra at 8 p.m. at Dreher Island State Park, 3677 State Park Road, Prosperity.

After a year of work, narcotics officers began making arrests Wednesday in an extensive undercover drug operation.

Newberry County authorities on Wednesday started to arrest 42 men and women wanted on charges after a yearlong drug investigation, a Newberry County Sheriff's Office news release said.

It is similar to a big tanning bed, but this machine has the power to heal. In April, the Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine program began at Newberry Hospital.

Water in the Lake Murray and Fairview communities has turned color but is still good for drinking.

Firefighters worked throughout the night and early morning to put out a fire that rose above the Newberry skyline.

The Newberry County Democratic Party will hold its regular monthly meeting on Thursday, June 25 at 7:00 pm at Ronnie's Buffet and Grill.

Newberry County deputies are searching for three women they say brought a small child into a convenience store and stole more than $500 worth of merchandise.

Helen Dean, left, accepts her award. slideshow She lived in the county for less than two decades but her dedication to the Newberry County Library has put her name in the State Library.

Beneficial rains this spring have lifted the state out of an almost three-year drought and many corn fields like this one owned by Mayer Farms already have produced more this year than last.

SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER SEMINAR Are you getting what youa re paying for? Resources for Surviving a Recession: Small Business and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act When? Thursday, June 4th from 9:15 to 11:45 am Where? The new Newberry County Library Meeting Room Cost? FREE** **Suggested Reservation: While not mandatory, please ...

Newberry County deputies say a welfare check led to three people being arrested and children being removed from a home.

A Chester man who was mowing grass near a rest area on Interstate 26 in Newberry County died after a car struck the lawn mower Wednesday, the state Highway Patrol says.

In Newberry County, a deputy knew something was wrong when he saw a man run out of a hardware store with a chain saw in hand.

H1N1 trampled other states, but the swine flu stampede in Newberry and in South Carolina has, for the most part, cleared.

Newberry deputies have arrested a 44-year-old North Augusta man, who is accused of stealing a chain saw from a home improvement store.

A bicyclist traveling on Highway 121 in Newberry County was killed Monday evening after he swerved into the path of a tractor trailer, the South Carolina Highway Patrol reported.

A welfare check on young children has resulted in the arrest of three people and the children being removed from the home.

H1N1 trampled other states, but the swine flu stampede here has, for the most part, cleared.

The American Cancer Society's signature event happened Friday night in Blythewood and Newberry.