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22 hrs ago | Morning News

Trail commissiona s strategic plan wins awards in S.C., Georgia

The Francis Marion Trail Commission has received The Honor Award from the South Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects and one from the Georgia Chapter for its strategic plan.

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Related Topix: South Carolina, Marion, SC, Francis Marion University, Aiken, SC, Berkeley County, SC

Thu Jul 02, 2009

The News

Old newspapers, fond memories

This is a blast from the past, published in The News on Thursday, July 1, 1976. Twenty-two years ago doesn't seem like such a long time, but as I turn the torn yellow pages of this old battered copy of The County Record, names, places, memories come into focus, and the cobwebs of time melt away.

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Related Topix: Kingstree, SC, Stuckey, SC, Greeleyville, SC

Tue Jun 30, 2009

The State - South Carolina

John S. Brown Jr.

John S. Brown, Jr., 81, widower of Katherine Bookhardt Brown, died Sunday, June 28, 2009, at the N.E. and Ruby Green Hospice House, Georgetown.

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Related Topix: Georgetown, SC, Kingstree, SC

Mon Jun 29, 2009

The News

Town approves budget

Kingstree Town Council voted to pass the 2009-2010 budget. The budget includes a raise in water rates to the equivalent of Williamsburg County rates.

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Related Topix: Kingstree, SC

Sat Jun 27, 2009

The McDuffie Mirror

Meet Jim Franklin

Jim Franklin is no stranger to the McDuffie County School System. He first came nine years ago to be the assistant principal of Thomson Middle School.

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Related Topix: South Carolina State University, University of South Carolina, Education Etc., Darlington County, SC, McCormick, SC

Thu Jun 25, 2009

The News

AARP meeting to be held

The regular meeting of the Williamsburg County Chapter of the AARP will meet Wednesday, June 24, at 12 p.m. at the Williamsburg County Recreation Center, 2084 Thurgood Marshall Blvd., Kingstree.

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Related Topix: Kingstree, SC

Tue Jun 23, 2009

The News

Armed gunmen rob Hemingway bank

Police launched a manhunt for two men suspected of robbing at gunpoint, the Williamsburg First National bank in Hemingway.

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Related Topix: Hemingway, SC, Manning, SC

Mon Jun 22, 2009

The State - South Carolina

Evelyn Baker Epps

Evelyn Baker Epps, 94, widow of William M. Epps, died Sunday, June 21, 2009. Born in the Hebron Community, Williamsburg County, on February 7, 1915, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin Cleveland and Margaret Wilma Plexico Baker.

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Related Topix: Cleveland, SC, Clemson, SC, St. Andrews, SC, Andrews, SC, Sumter County, SC

Tue Jun 16, 2009

Morning News

Thumbs up to group for giving to Red Cross

Thumbs up to Williamsburg Technical College's Alpha Sigma Gamma chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society, which recently raised $750 for the American Red Cross.

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Related Topix: Cross, SC, South Carolina, Florence, SC, Florence Metro, Darlington, SC, Opinion

Sun Jun 14, 2009

Morning News

Andrews man sentenced on firearms charge

A Williamsburg County man has been sentenced to seven years in prison on a federal gun charge, according to a press release from U.S. Attorney W. Walter Wilkins.

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Related Topix: Andrews, SC, Prison, Florence, SC, Florence Metro

Fri Jun 12, 2009

Morning News

Rural communities get public water service

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.

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Related Topix: Clarendon County, SC

Wed Jun 10, 2009

The Item

Read Now

County and school officials provided the public with tentative budgets for Fiscal Year 2010 during public hearings held Tuesday at the Lee County Courthouse.

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Related Topix: Lee County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Sumter Metro, Sumter, SC

Sat Jun 06, 2009

WBTW

Family of slain Nesmith couple still seeking answers

The family of a slain Nesmith couple still is searching for answers some two years after the crime.

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Related Topix: Nesmith, SC, Pawleys Island, SC, Florence, SC, Florence County, SC

Tue Jun 02, 2009

WBTW

Train hits, kills one person in Williamsburg County

One person is dead after being struck by a train in Williamsburg County. Officials say it happened around 5:15 Tuesday morning at Cades Crossroads, off Highway 512, south of Lake City.

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Fri May 29, 2009

Times Extra

Hospital Considers Rehab Service

Published on 5/27/2009 Written by Michaele Duke, Staff Reporter During the May 19, Williamsburg Regional Hospital board meeting CEO John Hales proposed that the board consider designating a number of beds to a new service providing inpatient physical rehabilitation.

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Related Topix: Kingstree, SC

Mon May 25, 2009

WBTW

School Board cuts pay to hire more administrators

Williamsburg School board, having committed itself to no cost increase in a reorganization, added new positions in a series of actions, but had to cut salaries in those positions in order to do it - also it pressed right up against a state deadline of May 15 in the process.

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Sat May 23, 2009

WBTW

Poston wins Kraft Credit Uniona s Golden Apple award

Congratulations to Krista Poston, Williamsburg County Golden Apple Award winner for April 2009.

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Related Topix: Hemingway, SC

Thu May 21, 2009

Maryland Gazette

Glen Burnie residents charged in South Carolina murder

Three people from Glen Burnie are awaiting extradition today for the murder of a 17-year-old high school student last month in South Carolina, county police said.

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Related Topix: Kingstree, SC

Wed May 20, 2009

WBTW

Four people arrested in connection with Williamsburg County murder

Four people are in custody after a Williamsburg County murder investigation. According to a press release from the Williamsburg County Sheriff's Office, Antonio Lavelle McClary,19, of 55 Dove Street in Kingstree, Twanda Mack Allen,36, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, Kelvin Michael Bowen, Jr., 31 of Glen Burnie Maryland, and Ronald Hakeem Mack of Glen ...

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Related Topix: Kingstree, SC

Mon May 18, 2009

Charleston City Paper

Call to Action: Beer bill needs beer lovers' help

Beer lovers , here's your chance to help update South Carolina's archaic alcohol laws, which reflect a deeply anti-drinking bent.

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Related Topix: Beer, Drink, Charleston, SC, Charleston Metro

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