Funeral arrangements for John (Jack) Newton Jr. have been announced. A funeral service will be conducted Thursday, August 15, 2024, at 11 a.m., at Rosemary Primitive Baptist Church, with Elders Craig Lanier, Sam Bowen and Paul Tuten officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be Danny McGowan, Randy McGowan, Morgan Trapnell, Austin Newton, Wesley Newton and Josh Hendley. ... READ MORE >
Funeral arrangements for John (Jack) Newton Jr. have been announced. A funeral service will be conducted Thursday, August 15, 2024, at 11 a.m., at Rosemary Primitive Baptist Church, with Elders Craig Lanier, Sam Bowen and Paul Tuten officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be Danny McGowan, Randy McGowan, Morgan Trapnell, Austin Newton, Wesley Newton and Josh Hendley. ... READ MORE >
Hallie Anderson finds herself in her first season as head coach of the O’Fallon Breakers swim team, but she is anything but new to the team or the sport. She spent the previous two seasons as a lead assistant for a Breakers program that achieved high levels of success. And, she brings a wealth of experience in competitive swimming over... READ MORE >
Thanks to a December surge, county home starts finished slightly above the previous year’s mark. December’s 16 new home starts lifted the county to 168 home starts in 2021, two above 2020’s total, according to the Homebuilders Association of Cherokee County’s October housing report December’s home starts were six more than the same month in 2020. The average price of... READ MORE >
Occupation: Troy Gaffney Allstate Hometown: Lake Wylie Family: Husband Chavis; sons Memphis, Camron; daughter Chavany Education: Gaffney High School Favorite book: The Bible Favorite movies: Fast and Furious movies Favorite entertainer: Sandra Bullock Favorite food: Japanese Hobbies: Making art resins Dream Car: 1965 Pontiac GTO convertible Cat or Dog: Dog Best vacation: Cruise to Jamaica Place you’ve always wanted to... READ MORE >
Limestone University sports teams will deliver Meals on Wheels routes Monday in a community service day in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Sodexo dining services will prepare a meal of baked ziti to be packaged and distributed by Limestone student-athletes to 400 homebound residents served by Meals on Wheels across Cherokee County. Limestone senior women’s administrator Hailey... READ MORE >
Do you plan to get your children vaccinated against COVID-19? l No (60%, 215 Votes)l Yes (32%, 115 Votes)l Haven’t decided (7%, 26 Votes)Total Voters: 356 State lawmakers are deciding how to spend more than $5 billion in extra tax money. What should be their top priorities? l Lower state income taxesl Repair and pave roadsl Health care accessl Community... READ MORE >
hey punch. They kick. They pull hair. Sometimes they spit. It sounds like tactics combatants would use in the ring when squaring off in a no-holds barred World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) bout. But these are everyday people — maybe someone who lives in your own neighborhood — who have been caught up in an episode of road rage. Even worse,... READ MORE >
Fort Myers Florida Weekly Editor Molly Capiga has been named manag- ing editor, overseeing the company’s nine newspapers throughout the state. Capiga, who was a producer at WINK-TV for 15 years, joined the newspaper in September. Managing Editor Betty Wells, whose tenure at Florida Weekly began in 2010 when she launched the company’s Palm Beach edition, retired Dec. 29. In... READ MORE >
I now own a telescope so potent you can see a pimple on the nose of the manin the-moon. It’s a gift from my youngest son, Nash. People usually point telescopes at the night sky. Then they offer a few breathtaking exclamations and even quantify an object by distance, size and age. After that, they tend to leave it be.... READ MORE >
