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By Theron Willis
HOMETOWN NEWS

Rev. Caldwell receives a certificate of appreciation for 50 years of service from Mayor Burnett at Monday’s city council meeting.
The first Sunday of September marks Rev. Carrol Caldwell’s 50th year of serving as a pastor and he was honored at September’s city council meeting for reaching this milestone. Looking back on […]

Owner to request lower surety bond
By Theron Willis
HOMETOWN NEWS
 
While the scene at Mill’s Mill earlier this week shows improvement from a few months prior with the grass being cut and moderately maintained and a significant amount of debris removed,  no demolition permit and an accompanying $250,000 surety bond has been obtained.
The respective owners of […]

By Theron Willis
HOMETOWN NEWS

Photo by Ernie Lambert
Politically incorrect?
This old cross caps an almost century-old gravestone in Old Bethel Cemetery in Woodruff.
Lines have been drawn over the issue of prayer opening Woodruff City Council meetings with the city officially in the camp that it will continue the practice but with a concentrated effort to be in […]

Former area resident pictures Charleston’s sacred places
By Theron Willis
HOMETOWN NEWS

Photo by Diana Deaver
Steven Hyatt with his Nikon D3S standing on the steeple of St Michael’s Episcopal with St. Philip’s Episcopal in the background. 
Former area resident Steven Hyatt is gaining some artistic fame in the low country for his stunning photography of the historic […]

Issue Drawing National Interest
By Theron Willis
HOMETOWN NEWS
Woodruff City Council voted unanimously in favor of an official invocation policy for city council meetings at a special council meeting on Tuesday, August 3 at 6 p.m. called for the specific purpose of reviewing the policy of prayer at city council, in which television crews and members of […]

Letters from long-ago war reveal a young and tragic love

STORY AND PHOTOGRAPH by Theron Willis
HOMETOWN NEWS

Pam Whitehead looks through the letters that she hasn’t read in over 40 years that were sent to her from a special someone who fought in the Vietnam War.
Sometimes the opening of an old dusty envelope hidden away in […]

By Theron Willis
HOMETOWN NEWS

Photo by Theron Willis
Construction is ongoing at CVS Pharmacy at the corner of Hwy 101 and Hwy 221, the location is projected to be open by mid-December
Take a drive down Main Street and one will see two major construction projects on both sides of town, a new Family Dollar store on the […]

By Theron Willis
HOMETOWN NEWS

Photo by Theron Willis
Executive Director Lisa Abercrombie holds a mock check symbolizing the $6,000 the organization recently won.
Helping Hands Ministries of the Woodruff Area recently won $6,000 from a contest on southernsavers.com. Southern Savers is a bargain website that offers coupons and special discounts at stores across the southeast. The website held […]

Judge Smith’s order on Lanford overturned; jury trial scheduled
By Theron Willis
HOMETOWN NEWS

(Left to Right): Terry Lanford, Attorney David Alexander, and Attorney Greg Harris at the July 6th hearing at Woodruff Municipal Court in which Lanford challenged the order made by Judge Vicki Rae Smith at a May 24th hearing. Judge Smith fined Lanford $8,070 for […]

By Theron Willis
HOMETOWN NEWS

Photo by Theron Willis
Left to right: Rita Skinner, Robin Miller, Julia Godfrey, Dr. Mukesh Gandhi, Minaxi Gandhi, Pam Vaughn, and Sharon Watts. Not pictured is Joyce Sprouse and Brandi Gentry. 

July 6 officially marked Dr. Mukesh Gandhi’s 20th year of practicing medicine in Woodruff. This milestone made Dr. Gandhi take a […]