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Acting United States Attorney Kevin F. McDonald stated Tuesday that Kimberly O. McAbee, age 44, of Woodruff,  pled guilty  in federal court in Anderson, to the embezzlement of bank funds, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 656.  Senior United States District Judge G. Ross Anderson, Jr., accepted the plea and will impose […]

Farewell to an Old School
By Theron Willis
HOMETOWN NEWS
Saturday, March 27 saw the demolition of a longstanding community icon, the Northside School Building on East Peachtree St. In just a few short hours what had stood in the Woodruff community for over 70 years was reduced to rubble. Thoughts and emotions range far and wide since […]

Child Abuse: An Inconvenient Truth
By Theron Willis
HOMETOWN NEWS

 
Forensic interviewer Lynn McMillan (left) and executive director Bill Herrick  at a meeting at the Children’s Advocacy Center.
(Editor’s Note: This is the second in a two-part series  in which Hometown News focused on  child abuse in the Upstate.)
Before there were children’s advocacy centers,  an investigation of a […]

Gist, Ray, and Brewton teach basketball skills

By Theron Willis
HOMETOWN NEWS
Last Thursday afternoon, the gym at the District 4 Activity Center reverberated with the sounds of laughter and dribbling as former Woodruff High Basketball stars - many of whom are in the Woodruff High School Hall of Fame -  helped 4th and 5th - grade […]

Council Passes Resolution for Sale of WFD Truck
By Theron Willis
HOMETOWN NEWS
At the March city council meeting on Monday the 29th, the Wilson family presented the Woodruff City Police Department with an oil portrait of a recently deceased police dog named Doc,  who was endeared to the police and to the community.  Famed area artist  […]

Last weekend,  Tab Patton,  the latest owner of the Northside School Property on East Peachtree St.,  demolished the Old Northside School Building. The building was purchased by the school district from the Brandon Corporation (owner of Abney Mill) in 1935 and was used as a school until 1976.  (See next week’s Woodruff News for an […]

Man’s Home is His Castle… Literally

By Theron Willis
HOMETOWN NEWS
Those who have recently driven past the old Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church on West Georgia St may have noticed some curious new wording on the sign out front reading “Paul’s Palace”. The property’s  new owner,  Paul Kaminer is planning to literally make the old church his  […]

Akierrian Gilliam finds himself in a familiar place as his opponent tries to squirm free.  The referee drops to the mat looking for space between the shoulders of Gilliam’s ‘ opponent and the mat.  Three seconds later he slaps the mat and the crowd erupts.  Gilliam jumps up to shake his victim’s hand barely showing […]

Pays $8,740 in Fines
On Monday March 8th, embattled Woodruff realtor Terry Lanford, appeared before the Woodruff Municipal Court and  was finally dismissed as th owner of record of the  Old Northside School Building on E. Peachtree St. after showing transfer of ownership to Tab Patton and paying $8,740 in fees.

Since February 16, Lanford has been […]

In the early morning hours of Tuesday, February 23, residents of the Three Pines Country Club community had their sense of security shattered with several cars being broken into with items such as money, GPS systems and clothing stolen from many of the cars.
A 9mm handgun was also stolen from one of the vehicles. […]