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According to an incident report filed by the Whitmire Police Department, after the Party in the Pines on June 13, Whitmire police officer M.R. Moss received a call to respond to an assault at 311 Main Street.
After Moss arrived, he spoke with a female,  Vicki Willard, who was injured. Willard’s  eye was bleeding and […]

SLED investigating text messages and voicemails sent to Judge Smith
By Theron Willis
HOMETOWN NEWS

Photo by Phil Buchheit
Woodruff realtor Terry G. Lanford is placed in a Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office car last Thursday before he was  transported to the Detention Center for booking.

Around 3 p.m. on Thursday, June 17,  Terry Glenn Lanford was arrested at his home […]

By Donna Bumgarner

 A Nixle report issued Wednesday, June 9, 2010, at 3:44 p.m. stated,  “Another mishap at the mill has power out around town again.” Once more the residents of Whitmire faced another long, hot afternoon without power because the wall beside the tower that fell on May 14, 2010 had toppled.
According to Fire Chief […]

After 15-year wait, cutting edge facility serves entire Upstate
By Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS

As part of the dedication of the S.C. Vocational Rehabilitation Department’s new Bryant Center in Lyman Friday, Rep. Rita Allison and Sen. Lee Bright present former SCVRD Commissioner Larry Bryant with a flag flown over the State House and a proclamation honoring him for […]

By Jay King
Staff Writer

  
District Six county council candidate Roger Nutt said that in the worst economic crisis in modern memory, the county must ease the tax burden on its citizens if it wants to contribute to an economic turnaround and help its citizens.
Nutt said that the recent state and national economic meltdown and […]

Breakfast with WKDK
By Donna Bumgarner

Students, teachers, and administrators from WCS gathered in the Conference Room in the front office for a live feed of Breakfast with WKDK. Pictured from left to right beginning at the front are Kentrell Whitmire, Alex Cromer, Quinn Lindler, Timothy Brandon, Mrs. Brock, Joseph Brown, Jordan Suber, Lynlee Thompson, Heather […]

By Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS

Photo by Steve Blackwell
Team Spirit: Taras Kryzalka, of Stamford, Connecticut, is carried by his team members from Harrisonburg, Virginia.  Each SWAT team was assigned a Wounded Warrior and had to complete an obstacle course.  Since Taras has no use of his left arm, his teammates carried him so he could touch […]

By Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS

Former Woodruff city clerk Beverly Maddox pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $44,000 in city funds last Thursday before Circuit Judge Mark Hayes and presented the court with a check to repay the missing money.
Maddox, 57, was sentenced to 10 years suspended to one year home detention followed by four years of […]

Relay for Life Fundraiser Held

The winners in the 2010 Miss Spectator Pageant  were Karley Jenkins, 3rd Place; Jordan Suber, 2nd Place; Deanna Willard, 1st Place; and Alexandrea Cromer, Miss Spectator 2010.
Every year the Student Council at Whitmire Community School works hard to raise money for Relay for Life, a fundraising arm of the American Cancer […]

TC Brooks takes the high road for a good cause
By Theron Willis
HOMETOWN NEWS
Just a few weeks ago Woodruff High School’s baseball and assistant football coach Will Lanford and his wife,  Michelle received news that every parent prays never to hear, that their four-year-old son, Easton has a brain tumor.
Upon hearing of the Lanfords’ struggle, […]