A portion of S.C. 261 in Williamsburg County near Kingstree was closed Thursday night after a one-vehicle crash, S.C. Highway Patrol and Williamsburg County dispatch reports show.

Twenty bus drivers were suspended for failing to “transport students in a timely manner” Oct. 30, according to a statement released by the Williamsburg County School District on Monday night.

Twenty-seven bus drivers from the Williamsburg County School District were suspended after a meeting Monday morning for planning to strike and delay transportation services for the next two days.

School buses throughout the Williamsburg County School District were running as normal this morning according to administrators at each distinct school.

Seventeen bus drivers with the Williamsburg County School District didn’t make afternoon pickups Friday as part of what district officials said may be the start of a district wide bus drivers strike.

Williamsburg County officials are further investigating claims of water contamination from residents living near a county landfill in Salters.

Kingstree police are searching for a man they say tricked an auto parts dealer into helping him take a trailer and an air conditioning unit from a local car lot.

A Kingstree man accused of impregnating an 11-year-old girl has been arrested again in connection with a similar crime involving a 13-year-old victim, Kingstree Police Chief Robert Ford said.

A lawyer for a former Florence County sheriff’s deputy accused of killing his mother and stepfather for money has filed a motion to get his client released from prison before his trial.

State Rep. Carl L. Anderson is inviting Williamsburg County students to a “back-to-school rally and story of hope” beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday in Kingstree.

The Francis Marion Trail Commission is working on the last stages of an American Battlefield Program grant to study the Battle of Black Mingo.

Former Kingstree teacher David Tisdale has a hearing scheduled for a Sept. 24 at 1:30 p.m. in Kingstree regarding his recent arrest.

A Hemingway man has been arrested and charged with arson in connection with a fire that destroyed his mobile home on Jan 29, 2008.

A Williamsburg County woman is under the care of a physician after a stray cat that attacked her tested positive for rabies, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control reported Friday.

Williamsburg County School District has been selected as the lead district and fiscal agents of a $1.6 million grant awarded through the U.S. Department of Education to a consortium of six school districts, according to a press release issued by the district.