3rd Quarter General News

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Poll worker Katie Gill assists Jim Johnson cast his vote in Tuesday's special election for the S.C. House District 10. Johnson took advantage of Anderson County's curbside voting policy which allows injured or disabled people to vote in their cars.

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Rob Alverson gives a thumbs up to supporters after his bond hearing for two charges of criminal sexual conduct involving a minor. Circuit Court Judge Alex Macaulay set Alverson's bond at $250,000.

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Whitefield firefighter Erik Aiken greets Kaleigh Call, 8, of Anderson, on the downtown square while marching in Sunday's parade to honor first responders on the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

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Keith Kalvin, 49, has been unemployed for about a year. Kalvin, a resident of Orangeburg for thirty years, says a lot of friends have to drive to other cities to find work. Orangeburg has the worst unemployment rate in the Midlands.

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The sun rises in the background as Bob Nolan spends a quiet moment visiting his wife Peggy at Fort Jackson National Military Cemetery. Nolan, a 79-year-old retired army veteran who served for 20 years 2 months and 22 days, visits Peggy every morning. Since she passed in 2007 Bob has only missed visiting his "beautiful Southern Belle" 21 days. Peggy is buried with his purple heart medal around her neck. "I figured she gave me an extraordinary life, she deserves it," he said.

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Thousands wait in line early Friday morning as they wait to be seen by medical personnel during Mission SC 2011 at Carolina Coliseum, Friday, August 5, 2011. Mission SC 2011 aims to provide free health care, including medical, dental and vision, to the uninsured, under served and general population.

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The American flag covering Judge Matthew J. Perry's coffin is prepared to be folded at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens after a service of remembrance celebrating his life at Brookland Baptist Church, Thursday, August 4, 2011.

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Phyllis E. Bergmann of Anderson gets a kiss from Marietta Steele of Anderson after she was announced as Jo Brown Senior Citizen of the Year.  Sunday was designated Jo Brown Senior Citizen's Day by the city of Anderson. 

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Claude Callaham sorts the debris from the 114-year-old original Pleasant Rock Baptist Church in Ninety Six as it is demolished Monday. The church has plans for a new fellowship hall and parking lot on the property.

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Seventeen-year-old Ashley Emde holds tight to her fiance Spc. Demetris Everett  in Greenville after returning home from service. The Spartanburg couple has been engaged for about one year.

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Lander University's athletic director Jeff May walks past the baseball team on his way to the field Tuesday for the dedication ceremony of the Jeff May Recreation, Wellness and Sports Complex on Montague Avenue in Greenwood. The athletic complex will host baseball, soccer and tennis competitions and also have a walking track open to the public.

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The family of Laurens County Deputy Roger Rice leaves Forest Lawn Cemetery in Laurens after his burial on Sunday, July 17, 2011.

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Jerry Brockman of Brockman's Traditional Menswear lost all of the clothing in his store after sustaining smoke damage from a fire at the shop next door at Lake Forest Shopping Mall on Pleasantburg Drive.
Thursday, September 1, 2011.