KINGSTREE, S.C. — Newberry College is mourning the loss of incoming football student-athlete Mycheal Edwards-Wallace, who was killed Sunday night in his hometown of Kingstree, South Carolina.
NEWBERRY — The new monument to South Carolina Coach Dawn Staley in Columbia has five Dawn Staley Daylilies planted around it, thanks to noted daylily specialist Gene Crocker of Newberry.
PICKENS COUNTY — Duke Energy Carolinas announced July 1 they have asked South Carolina regulators to perform a public review of the company’s current rates.
PROSPERITY — The Prosperity Police Department has welcomed a new officer to the police force. Officer Hampton Smith joined the Prosperity Police Department in early April and has already hit the ground running during his time in Prosperity.
NEWBERRY —A room full of veterans and members of the community filled the chairs of the Edward Kyzer Firehouse Conference Center on May 25 to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice during the county’s annual Memorial Day Ceremony, hosted by the Newberry County Veterans Affairs Office and American Legion Posts 24/219.
The dust has finally settled from all of the high school and college graduations for the 2024-25 school year and as I see parents and students posting graduation photos and seeing our annual graduation special section come together, it made me think back to my time in high school and college.
