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Old Pomaria School Reunion Festival set for May 18
POMARIA — Plans are abundant in the Town of Pomaria as committees are gearing up for the second annual Old Pomaria School Reunion Festival with a parade starting at 10:30 a.m. May 18. The festival will continue the fun until 11 p.m. Many years have gone by since this historic structure was built and many different faces have passed through the surroundings of this once vibrant facility. The surrounding and supporting area is well known for ...
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Mid-Carolina campus safe after non-credible threat
PROSPERITY — Mid-Carolina High and Middle schools are safe and secure after receiving a non-credible anonymous tip about a possible weapon on the high school campus this morning, according to the sheriff’s office. Shortly after 9:30 a.m., the tip was received and the Newberry County Sheriff’s Office and Newberry County School District’s administration staff members came to the school which was placed on a secure mode. Richland County Sher...
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Newberry College names Greek Man, Woman of the Year
NEWBERRY — Newberry College seniors Travis Despain and Jessie Baldwin were named “Greek Man and Greek Woman of the Year” at the college’s awards day convocation ceremony April 5. The awards are given to the senior man and woman with the highest grade point average in the Greek community. Baldwin, a biology major, and Despain, a music education major, have both worked hard over the past year to receive this award. Baldwin said it was her...
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Fund-raising for St. Paul’s continues this weekend
NEWBERRY — Organized before the American Revolution, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Pomaria was the first and oldest Lutheran Church in Newberry County. In 2011, the church celebrated its 250th anniversary. Rising from the ashes, as it has been called, the church has received a tremendous amount of support from the community for their rebuilding funds from a fire that took place Jan. 10. The next fundraiser will take place April 20 and Apr...
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Boys Farm Founders Day set for Sunday
NEWBERRY — Boys Farm is having its 53rd Founders’ Day Homecoming celebration from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. The home is located on S.C. 121 in Newberry and this is an opportunity to learn more about the impact Boys Farm has on the community and have fun. Boys Farm will provide a cookout lunch at 12:30 p.m. Activities will include hay rides to the Meetze Guest Cabin, a game of kick ball and bounce houses for the children and more. For m...
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Getting ready for canning season
The gardening season is gearing up. Extension offices are being flooded with soil samples and phones are ringing with questions about lawns and garden preparation. The canning questions will soon follow. I received my first call today requesting an accuracy test for a weighted gauge pressure canner. Plenty more will follow in the coming days. There are several small tasks for home canners to be mindful of during the days ahead. If you are...
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State chamber rep talks infrastructure, jobs
NEWBERRY — “What does it take to be number one?” Darrell Scott, vice president of policy and communications for the S.C. State Chamber, asked Newberry Chamber members on Tuesday. Scott, who was in Newberry for the quarterly meeting of Newberry County Chamber of Commerce, touched on two main topics: infrastructure and workforce development. “At the (state) chamber, we have two primary goals or initiatives, to improve business climate in So...
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School board studies needs for upcoming fiscal year
NEWBERRY — School safety, technology and additional teachers were discussed at the first Newberry County School Board budget work session. Newberry County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Todd Johnson came to the workshop since the board is toiling with the idea of having a school resource office hired for the upcoming school year. Currently all of the middle and high schools have SROs but the elementary schools do not. Johnson said that w...
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Jail Log
The following people were booked into the Newberry County Detention Center. They are all innocent until proven guilty. Family Court Tommy Vanlue, 34, failure to pay child support. S.C. Highway Patrol Montavius David Butler, 34, drugs possession. James Dasean Pope, 24, traffic violations. Newberry Police Cedric Terrell Griffin, 22, receiving stolen goods, criminal conspiracy, resisting/assault, beat, or wound police o...
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College wants to rezone old Speer Street School
NEWBERRY — Newberry College is petitioning to rezone the property of the old Speer Street School. The plans were submitted for approval of the Newberry Planning Commission in its Tuesday night meeting. The college wants to rezone the property from R-8 (medium density Residential) to PD (planned development). After completion, the site will be used for educational purposes for the Newberry College Education Department. Matt DeWitt, assista...
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V.C. Summer siren test Wednesday, Thursday
JENKINSVILLE — SCE&G will conduct a test of its V.C. Summer Nuclear Station siren warning system Wednesday and Thursday starting around 9 a.m. and ending at 4 p.m. both days. During the test, SCE&G will sound several sirens located within a 10-mile radius of V.C. Summer Nuclear Station in Fairfield County near Jenkinsville. The sirens will be tested for approximately one and a half minutes and could be tested more than once during these tes...
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Whitmire man charged with murder in smothering death
WHITMIRE — A 21-year-old Whitmire man has been charged with murder in connection with the death of a Whitmire woman with whom he had a child. Douglas Eugene Inman was taken into custody Monday night at the home of the victim after law enforcement officers were called to the victim’s Broome Street home just after 5 p.m. Newberry County Coroner Craig Newton said the autopsy revealed 17-year-old Allyson Taylor Greenway died from asphyxiation...
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Whitmire man to be charged with murder
WHITMIRE — Investigators arrested a Whitmire man Monday night and will be formerly charged with murder Tuesday morning. Douglas Eugene Inman, 21, of 920 Central Avenue, Whitmire, was arrested after law enforcement officers were called to the Broome Street home around 5 p.m. Monday after finding the victim’s body in the home, according to the Newberry County Sheriff’s Office. Inman and the victim had a child in common along with a tumultuo...
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Community players recreate ‘Flash Gordon’ this weekend
Melissa Sheppard, Lily Hunt, Bonnie Nance and Benjamin Siqueiros, background, make up part of the cast of the Newberry Community Players readers theater production of “Flash Gordon: an Old Timey Radio Show.” The characters recreate the original radio broadcast in 1935. Final performances are this Friday at 6:30 p.m. and Saturday at 3 p.m. at The Ritz Theater. Call The Newberry Opera House Box Office at 803-276-6264 for tickets.
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Andre Tate grew up singing traditional gospel music in a quartet and he is doing what he can to keep the genre alive. Tate is the son of the late Rev. Dr. L.T. Tate of Gaffney, and he was involved with the music of his father’s church for years.
Playing the best in gospel quartet music
UNION — A Sunday afternoon radio program looks to keep the genre of quartet gospel music alive. Andre Tate grew up singing traditional gospel music in a quartet and he is doing what he can to keep the genre alive. Tate is the son of the late Rev. Dr. L.T. Tate of Gaffney, and he was involved with the music of his father’s church for years. He is also the Assistant Minister of Music at Wyatt’s Chapel Baptist Church in Buffalo, where he has...
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