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In the heat of the chase

First Byline: 
Tim Hicks - Managing Editor

An armed robbery in rural Barnwell County resulted in the manhunt of one suspect that authorities are still seeking.

At about 12:27 p.m., June 28, Barnwell County sheriff's deputies were called to 4818 Popular Road about a robbery that just occurred.

A car with four people inside had driven up to the residence. One person went inside the house while another confronted a resident of the house in the front yard. The other two people remained in the car, said Barnwell County Sheriff Ed Carroll.


Do tell! Project's idea is to grow local talent

First Byline: 
Tim Hicks - Managing Editor

The stories, like the entertainers who told them, were homegrown.

Although the Salkehatchie Stew project brought in professional storyteller Sheila Kay Adams to relate some of her Appalachian tales from the mountains of western North Carolina, local people took the stage primarily during "Barnwell County Boil," the Barnwell County version of the Stew.

Many of the local storytellers spun their yarns June 13 at the Edisto Research and Education Center in Blackville during the second day of the two-day event.


Barnwell County personnel part of multi-county hurricane drill

First Byline: 
Jared Guadagni - Staff Writer

As the high winds howled across the county, the emergency response crews nestled deep in the Barnwell County Emergency Operation Center in the courthouse basement lept into action.

A tornado had touched down in the Heathwood neigborhood and electrical fires were breaking out along with reports of people missing.

Barnwell Rural, Hilda and Friendship fire departments are called to respond to fires.

Barnwell County Sheriff's deputies are asked to keep non-emergency people out of Heathwood while two medics from two shelters are placed on standby.


Boys and Girls Club gets financial support for start-up in Barnwell County

First Byline: 
Tim Hicks - Managing Editor

Sanctuary is another term for a safe haven.

That's what a group of Barnwell County residents want to establish in the county for its youth.

"A lot of times, children have nothing to do once they are out of school," said James Wallace, the board chairman for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Southern Carolina.


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First Baptist's pastor in Barnwell to take over Sumter pulpit

First Byline: 
Tim Hicks - Managing Editor

Transitions - it's what the Rev. Dr. Stephen Burnette has seen occur at First Baptist Church of Barnwell during his tenure there.

The church will undergo more transition as it searches for a new pastor.

Burnette has accepted the senior pastor's position at First Baptist Church of Sumter. He will begin there the first week of August.

Burnette's last Sunday service in Barnwell will be June 28. He came to Barnwell December 1995 from Millbrook Baptist Church in Aiken.


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Quilters sew patchwork of history in cloth

First Byline: 
Tim Hicks - Managing Editor

While local storytellers kept people in stitches with their humorous yarns at the Edisto Research and Education Center in Blackville, the stories were in the stitches at the nearby Learning Center.

"A Stitch in Time: Quilts and Stories about Quilting" was one of the other features at Barnwell County's Boil, the Barnwell County version of Salkehatchie Stew.

Salkehatchie Stew is a project to culturally and economically develop Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Hampton and Colleton counties through music, drama and storytelling.


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