Call About Suspicious Person Leads Police to Suspect in Burglaries

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

Despite Heavy Lobbying, Hayes Opposes Garbage Bill

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

April unemployement figures down locally, statewide

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

Outgoing GOP Chair: Party needs to respect gays, other minorities

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

Piedmont Medical Center names new Chief Nursing Officer

Piedmont Medical Center’s Nursing division has a new leader. Hospital officials announced this week that Ursula Lawrence has joined the Rock Hill hospital as Chief Nursing Officer. Lawrence comes to Rock Hill from Salem County, N. C. and says her three decades of experience in the nursing field helps foster younger nurses right out of [...] Read More