Newberry County News

A South Carolina police chief has resigned as state agents investigate his department.

After his bond was set erroneously by a magistrate judge last week, bond was set in a child molestation case yesterday.

Newberry County deputies Tuesday arrested the 25-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting a child, after the man was accidentally released from custody after a wrongly issued bond.

Law enforcement officers in Newberry County are investigating a drive-by shooting at a home near Prosperity early on Tuesday morning.

A child who was exposed to a stray cat Sunday, Nov. 15 is under the care of a physician after the animal tested positive for rabies, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control said Wednesday.

People are hungry, said John Glasgow at the quarterly Interfaith Community Services meeting in October after the group heard one food bank operator relay the need for more food.

The Silverstreet Town Council began the task of filling its empty mayor and council positions Wednesday.

In Newberry County, deputies say that an accused child molester has been released from jail after his bond was wrongly issued.

An accused child molester is on the streets. Newberry County deputies say he needs to be in jail, but they can't find him.

The district began H1N1 vaccinations at elementary schools last Thursday and expects to finish inoculating at each county elementary school before Thanksgiving, said Beth Bozard, County Health Supervisor for Newberry County Health Department.

A former Newberry County Memorial Hospital general surgeon walked out of a surgery for half an hour in February 2006 because a surgical tool wasn't available, said the state Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation before the South Carolina State Board of Medical Examiners in May.

The Newberry County Retired Educators Association will meet at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, November 18, 2009, at the Stable Steak House in Prosperity, S. C. After a brief business meeting, a "Dutch" luncheon will be served.

Newberry County deputies have arrested a man they say was operating an illegal video poker operation out of his home.

Rain from the remnants of Ida have caused a few problems in the area. In Hopkins, lightning is being blamed for starting a house fire.

Forgive Tyler Greer for conceding defeat. "I don't even take a gun anymore, because I'm not going to out-do him," Greer says of his 11-year-old son, Clayton.

Newberry A County deputies have arrested and charged a man with operating an illegal gambling facility out of his home.

Fewer district teachers left Newberry to work in other districts last school year, said Pam Arrington, human resources executive director, at last week's school board meeting.

Newberry County deputies are partnering with the Newberry Community Choir and The Miss Merry Christmas Pageant this holiday season to help provide toys to needy children.

A once clear-running stream in the Sumter National Forest has turned red so many times that William Hall wonders whether it will ever be the same again.

Published: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 10:10 p.m. Union County's economic woes have been obvious this year.