Both supporters and detractors admit that the next step in the Department of Natural Resourcesa Belfast Plantation wildlife management area is a done deal.

A joint investigation by the Newberry County Sheriff's Office and Newberry Police Department has left investigators searching for a Newberry man who has been illegally giving tattoos to minors.

A host of firefighters and emergency officials are on the scene of two house fires this morning at Lake Murray.

As snow covered the Zesto sign, customers opt for ice cream. - Staff photo by Cindy Pitts Snow covered Newberry County late Friday afternoon and night bringing with it a winter wonderland.

County Council will be meeting on Tuesday and Feb. 23 to determine which projects it will support and send on to the Capital Sales Tax Commission.

The state's new measuring rod by way of its PASS test to determine "proficiency," and the hard work of local schools, lifted the Newberry district in the latest round of federal education scoring.

You don't have to go far to find Prosperity, and all that stands in your way is a Little Mountain.

Lawmakers voted Wednesday to formally rebuke Gov. Mark Sanford, again sparing him from impeachment over secret trips to see his Argentine mistress and his use of state planes.

It's a 26-year-old case that's getting closer to being solved. In 1983, 49-year-old Willie Bowers was shot and killed in Little Mountain.

In speaking on Tuesday to the subcommittee examining whether to impeach Gov. Mark Sanford, House Speaker Bobby Harrell exhorted the members to work promptly so the Legislature can take up issues such as the economy when it returns.

Signs warning of pollution in Columbia's signature rivers were removed Monday as bacteria levels returned to normal, nearly a week after the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida sent raw and partially treated sewage spilling out of area wastewater systems.

With well over 250 species catalogued, and a engineer developing designs for a trailhead, the Rocky Branch Conservation Area in Little Mountain is the natural next step in recreation for Newberry County.

Prosperity police say they think they know what one of the suspects looks like in an Antique store theft case, but they need your help.

Police and deputies are looking for a couple who they said stole antique guns from a shop in Prosperity and antique rings from a shop in Little Mountain.

Near freezing temperatures and still air led to the first frost of the season in the Midlands Monday morning, according to the National Weather Service.