May 20, 2013, 10:57 am A call to York Police about a suspicious person Friday led officers to charge a man with two burglaries. A news release from the department says after the call was made by a concerned citizen, police located a man matching the description given by the concerned caller. Officers began speaking to Jeremy Ezell Mullinax and [...] Read More
May 20, 2013, 9:01 am Legislation that would limit a county’s control over local garbage service and put that control in the hands of national trash corporations is stuck in the Senate, despite easily passing the House. Millions have been spent by former lawmakers to influence their ex-colleagues on the garbage bill, also known as the Business Freedom to Choose [...] Read More
May 17, 2013, 6:16 pm South Carolina’s unemployment rate has hit a nearly five-year low while jobless rates in York, Chester and Lancaster Counties all dropped in April. Figures from the Department of Employment and Workforce show that the state’s rate fell from 8.4 percent in March to eight percent in April. The last time South Carolina’s unemployment rate was [...] Read More
May 17, 2013, 6:10 pm The former chairman of the York County Republican Party say the Republican Party needs to become less about politics and more about values and principles in order to find common ground across all Americans. McCall, who remains a member of the national GOP, says party leaders have met with Log Cabin Republicans, a group of [...] Read More
May 16, 2013, 6:31 pm Rock Hill hosted Come See Me and Fort Mill welcomed the Strawberry Festival. Now it’s Lancaster’s turn to celebrate the season. The 4th annual Red Rose Festival takes place Friday and Saturday. Festival events and promotions manager Caroline Hasty says there will be 18 bands on two stages over the two days. She says Saturday [...] Read More
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