Four Williamsburg County Public Works employees were arrested on charges of embezzlement. The defendants, Zella Major, 48 of Cades, Anthony Tisdale, 42 of Greeleyville, Marvin Lee Anderson, 53 of Kingstree and Jimmy Graham, 50 of Kingstree, are curre ...

Four Williamsburg County Public Works employees are out on $10,000 bond each after being arrested on charges of embezzlement. The defendants, Zella Major, 48 of Cades, Anthony Tisdale, 42 of Greeleyville, Marvin Lee Anderson, 53 of Kingstree and Jimm ...

The South Carolina Department of Commerce, Williams-burg County, Georgetown County and the North Eastern Strategic Alliance (NESA) recently announced that I.T.I. Hydraulik, a maker of hydraulic cylinders and power units for elevators, will establish ...

Dimery & Rogers Funeral Manager/Director Alvin Dimery (center) was surrounded by family, staff and dignitaries as he cut the ribbon in celebration of their grand opening of a showroom/chapel in Kingstree. The family owned business also celebrates ...

History was in the making as Dimery & Rogers Funeral Home of Florence celebrated their grand opening of a showroom/chapel in Kingstree. The August 20, ribbon cutting took place at 501 N. Longstreet St. The Rev. Franklin Fulmore gave the invocatio ...

An armed robbery that took place at the Signature Boutique Hotel at 1610 North Longstreet in Kingstree is the second such crime within nine months and has Kingstree Police deep in investigations. The robbery occurred during the early morning hours of ...

The days of local law enforcement patrolling the halls of some Williamsburg County schools are over after the Williamsburg County School District Board of Trustees approved to hire a private security agency, U.S. Security Associates. The move replace ...

Joseph McGill, Program Officer for the National Historic Trust and a native of Kingstree, stands in front of a slave cabin, one of many he has spent the night in.  His mission is to educate the population by weaving the African-American story an ...

Ask people worldwide what they know about South Carolina and right at the top – after beaches and palmetto trees – will be history. With so much history to go around, sometimes bits can get lost in the shuffle. That’s where Joseph McGill comes in. Mc ...

A class action lawsuit filed August 8, against 16 individuals and representatives of Santee Electric Cooperative, Inc., (SEC) has placed the cooperative under the microscope. Allegations stated in the 26 page suit include the board manipulated by-law ...

This Saturday, Kingstree residents and fans of Kart racing will descend on Sunshine Kartway in St. Matthews for a race to honor local legend Shane Mouzon. Mouzon, who passed away in August last year, brightened the lives of friends and family of Will ...

Palmetto Synthetics’ 250,000 square foot manufacturing facility will expand its Kingstree operation, an investment that is expected to generate 75 new jobs come January 2011. The $7 million expansion will allow the company to further grow their marke ...

The South Carolina Department of Commerce, Williamsburg County and the Town of Kingstree recently announced that Palmetto Synthetics LLC, a producer of staple fiber, consisting of polyester, nylon and other specialty polymers, will expand its facilit ...

A nine-month investigation has led to seven suspects arrested for dealing drugs. Kingstree Police conducted the ‘sting’ where the majority of the arrests were made at several apartment complexes. Linda Sue Fulton, Edward Martenis McFadden, Antwan D ...

After years of tension and finger pointing, a joint policy promises to place county employees and volunteers on the same page. During their July 26, meeting Williamsburg County Council adopted a standard operating procedures manual between the Willia ...