Ward NewsLocal news for Ward, SC continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Dining- February 29, 2008 Here's a real find. At Heather Digdon's bakery, you can buy freshly baked artisan breads such as ciabatta, seed bread, rye, focaccia, challah and brioche. via The Statehttp://www.topix.net/city/ward-sc/2008/02/dining?fromrss=1 Susan Ward of Conway Named Project Learning Tree 2008 Outstanding Educator of the Year- February 27, 2008 "PLT is known for quality environmental education because teachers like her use PLT in classrooms and outdoors to help students learn about the world around them, their place within it, and their responsibility to it." Project Learning Tree , the environmental education program of the American Forest Foundation, has announced its 2008 National Outstanding Educators of the Year. via South Carolina Forestry Commisionhttp://www.topix.net/city/ward-sc/2008/02/susan-ward-of-conway-named-project-learning-tree... In a first, $1.2 billion stealth bomber crashes- February 23, 2008 "Everybody was on their cell phones, and the first thing everyone wanted to know was did the pilots make it out in time" The aircraft was taking off with three others on their last flight out of Guam after a four-month deployment, part of a continuous U.S. bomber presence in the western Pacific. via Fort Mill Timeshttp://www.topix.net/city/ward-sc/2008/02/in-a-first-1-2-billion-stealth-bomber-crashes?fr... City must 'close the file' on ANC's R12m loss- February 21, 2008 "I don't believe this matter should be left with the Auditor-General. A lot of money was misused. "We need to look at procedures so that this does not happen again. "Sloppy contracts were used to appoint Cyberia." By Anel Powell The City of Cape Town does not have enough information to take "disciplinary or recovery measures" against any of the officials "potentially liable" for the controversial R12-million contract ... via Independent Onlinehttp://www.topix.net/city/ward-sc/2008/02/city-must-close-the-file-on-ancs-r12m-loss?fromr... 33 arrested in York cockfighting bust- February 5, 2008 On Sunday, officers arrested 33 people in a cockfighting bust on Howell Road in York County. via WIS-TV Columbiahttp://www.topix.net/city/ward-sc/2008/02/33-arrested-in-york-cockfighting-bust?fromrss=1 Last suspect in Leaphart murder in custody- February 4, 2008 "The way he talked about them, they seemed like pretty good people. They took him in, gave him a home." The Aiken County Sheriff's Office has announced the arrest of the eighth and remaining subject in connection with the December, 2007 murder of Jeremy Leaphart, of Batesburg. via WIS-TV Columbiahttp://www.topix.net/city/ward-sc/2008/02/last-suspect-in-leaphart-murder-in-custody?fromr... |