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

Police Need Public’s Help Finding Hit & Run Suspects

Rock Hill police need your help in its investigation of a hit-and-run last night that sent a motorcyclist to a Charlotte hospital with life-threatening injuries.  Executive Officer Mark Bollinger says an early 2000s champagne-colored Infinity ran into the motorcycle about 9:00 last night at the intersection of Celanese and Mount Gallant Roads in Rock Hill.  [...] Read More

A Place For Hope Set to Re-open in Blackmon Road community

Less than a month since a lack of funds prompted it to close, the community and education center that serves one of South Carolina’s poorest communities has raised more than half of what it needs to re-open.  Jennifer Disney, the former board president for a Place for Hope that operated in the Blackmon Road community, [...] Read More

Preliminary Approval Given to Knights’ Stadium Sale

The York County Council moved a step closer to selling the Knights Stadium property Monday night.  Council members also gave preliminary approval to an incentive package for Cato Corporation, a Charlotte-based apparel retailer that’s buying the stadium property.  Councilman Chad Williams read the proposed ordinance. The council also gave first-reading approval to an ordinance authorizing [...] Read More