South Carolina’s unemployment rate has hit a nearly five-year low while jobless rates in York, Chester and Lancaster Counties all dropped in April. Figures from the Department of Employment and Workforce show that the state’s rate fell from 8.4 percent in March to eight percent in April. The last time South Carolina’s unemployment rate was [...]
The former chairman of the York County Republican Party say the Republican Party needs to become less about politics and more about values and principles in order to find common ground across all Americans. McCall, who remains a member of the national GOP, says party leaders have met with Log Cabin Republicans, a group of [...]
Piedmont Medical Center’s Nursing division has a new leader. Hospital officials announced this week that Ursula Lawrence has joined the Rock Hill hospital as Chief Nursing Officer. Lawrence comes to Rock Hill from Salem County, N. C. and says her three decades of experience in the nursing field helps foster younger nurses right out of [...]
Rock Hill hosted Come See Me and Fort Mill welcomed the Strawberry Festival. Now it’s Lancaster’s turn to celebrate the season. The 4th annual Red Rose Festival takes place Friday and Saturday. Festival events and promotions manager Caroline Hasty says there will be 18 bands on two stages over the two days. She says Saturday [...]
Three people are in custody and another remains on the loose after York County drug agents found another suspected methamphetamine lab, this time on Naturewoods Road in McConnells. York County Multijurisdictional Drug Enforcement Unit Lt. Mike Ligon says agents executed a search warrant at a residence about noon Wednesday. Ligon says Jonathon Patrick jumped on [...]
75 new jobs are coming to York County as Indiana-based Hartmann USA is set to expand its existing facilities in Rock Hill’s Tech Park next summer. “Our expansion will allow us to house our distribution center, domestic incontinence management production and corporate office functions all under one roof, fostering a seamless interaction between departments, better [...]
Warehouse giant Sam’s Club is still months away from opening its first location in York County, but already the company is setting the stage to hire 175 employees to man the facility come this fall. A temporary Welcome center opened Wednesday afternoon at the Market on Cherry Road. Bill House will manage the new store [...]
