By late Spring, high-stakes Bingo will make its return to Rock Hill. Renovations are now underway at the former Bi-Lo in the Northeast Plaza shopping center to turn the former grocery store site into a Bingo hall for the Catawba Indian Nation. Permits were approved for the tribe’s facility in February and construction started March […]
Another sewer overflow was reported in Tega Cay Friday morning. Following heavy rains Thursday and today, Utilities, Inc. says three “reportable” overflows have occurred at one of the company’s sewage treatment plants. “Due to the elevated volume of waste water flowing through the collection system…the waste water level rose…and resulted in Sanitary Sewer Overflows at […]
The latest battle against the “Stand Your Ground” law is now in the South Carolina Legislature. Members of the general assembly’s legislative black caucus kicked off their campaign to repeal the law — which has gained notoriety following several shootings across the country. At a press conference Thursday, lawmakers said the 2006 law makes it […]
Later this year, Rock Hill’s Provident Community Bank is set to merge with Charlotte-based Park Sterling. The deal, which was unanimously approved by both banks’ boards of directors, calls for Provident branches to assume the Park Sterling name, growing the Park Sterling footprint to about 70 branches across the Carolinas, Georgia and Virginia. “We’ll be […]
Around 150 York County leaders in business, government and education spent the day in Columbia Tuesday, lobbying for York County with lawmakers and state agency heads. State Commerce Secretary Bobby Hitt, State Parks and Recreation Director Duane Parrish, Insurance Commissioner Ray Farmer and acting S.C. Department of Transportation Secretary Christy Hall were among state the […]
A 7th grade English Language Arts Teacher at Rock Hill’s Rawlinson Road Middle School has been named one of five finalists for SC Teacher of the Year. Rhonda Hudak will soon be visited by a team from the State Department of Education, and will later participate in an interview with the selection committee. The SC […]
The partners behind what may be the future Knowledge Park development plan in Rock Hill unveiled their mater plan for the city’s blighted textile corridor Monday. Over the next six years, Sora Phelps, a New Jersey-based developer, plans to invest 134 million dollars in a tract of land between Dave Lyle Blvd. and Stewart Avenue […]
