The Allendale County Council is discussing a marginal tax increase and recently approved a tax anticipation note, a type of loan that allows local governments to borrow against future tax revenues. …

In Barnwell County, Lake Edgar Brown is a beloved attraction that brings visitors from surrounding counties, and contains teeming populations of largemouth bass, turtles, alligators, catfish and …

In Allendale, an abandoned building is at the center of the community’s complex past, its troubled present and its hope of a self-determined future. Located along the Allendale-Fairfax …

The upcoming Farm Bill, innovations in irrigation, and precision agriculture were among several topics discussed by farmers and agriculture experts at the Clemson University Extension’s annual …

At its first meeting of the 2024-25 academic year, the Allendale County School District (ACSD) board reviewed test score averages for ­students. School Report Cards At the meeting, superintendent …

At its regular August 15 meeting, the Allendale County Council gave updates on the state of the Tin Thanh Group Americas’ tire factory project and approved the second reading of the FY25 …

At its August 19 regular meeting, the Fairfax Town Council voted to relocate the town hall, spoke about recent flooding at Fairfax Garden Apartments 1, and discussed budgeting for repairs to the …

Kathy Corley remembers the day that Barnwell’s Southern Palmetto Hospital closed. It was an ordinary weekday in January 2016. She and her colleagues were given 48 hours’ notice that the …

A Florida woman was found alive less than 72 hours after she went missing in Allendale County. Jessica Rapsys, a 27-year-old woman from Jacksonville, Florida, went missing in Allendale on …

A 27-year-old woman from Jacksonville, Florida was last seen in Allendale County and has been missing since Tuesday.  Jessica Rapsys was last seen in Allendale around 7:30-8:00 p.m. on …

Waist deep in fresh rainwater, Ricardo Patterson is wading across the parking lot-turned-pond of the Town of Fairfax’s Garden Apartments 1 to check on his cousins, who like many others, put …

When the school year started in August 2023, Weston Hutson started getting intermittent fevers. The five-year-old had just started third grade, and teachers were telling his mother Lauren that he was …

Wood flooring manufacturer Swiss Krono, located on the outskirts of the Town of Snelling, has donated thousands of dollars to various organizations in Barnwell County. The donations were made to …

Blackville's Macedonia Elementary-Middle School’s 2024-25 school year began with welcome balloons and hugs  as students and teachers reunited. 

Since 2017, as the number of journalists and local newspapers has fallen sharply, the national service program Report for America has been placing emerging journalists in areas of the country with …

After a search that lasted nearly a year, the Town of Allendale has hired a new town administrator who will be responsible for coordinating municipal operations, cross-department coordination and …

This Independence Day, while nursing an ankle I sprained while rock climbing, I had some time to think about a First Amendment freedom I think we too often take for granted: the freedom of the press. …

A packed crowd filled the Allendale municipal building on July 9, when the Allendale Town Council introduced its new town administrator and discussed multiple other topics of public importance. …

On Thursday, July 11, hundreds of farmers from across the southeast gathered in watermelon fields just outside Blackville to celebrate the season’s harvest and discuss issues facing watermelon …

The Allendale County Council has unveiled its proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2024–25 (FY25), which contains multiple changes to county agencies when compared to the Fiscal Year 2023–24 …

The late June heatwave that sweltered Barnwell, Allendale and other regional counties in triple-digit heat was made four times more likely due to climate change, according to climate modeling …

Former magistrate judge John Chaney has won the Democratic Party’s ­primary runoff for Allendale County Council’s first district, which represents the Town of Fairfax and other parts …

At the Fairfax Town Council’s June 17 meeting, the council voted in favor of the first readings of three ordinances to establish “good government practices.” The three ordinances …

At its June 20 meeting, the Allendale County council voted to extend its 2023-24 budget until the 2024-25 budget is finalized. Council chair Matthew Connelly said the extension of the 2023-24 budget …

The Allendale County School District (ACSD) has approved its 2024-25 budget, which includes cost-of-living raises for teachers, bus drivers and other staff, retention bonuses for current teachers and …