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The big peck-ture: Residents express concerns over chicken ordinance
NEWBERRY COUNTY — A second reading of a proposed ordinance that would establish regulations for the issuance of permits for the keeping of chickens on a non-commercial basis on residential properties in Newberry County was postponed after a number of residents spoke during the public hearing portion of the Newberry County Council meeting last week to express their concerns.
Rotary Club names new president, inducts 2024-25 officers
NEWBERRY COUNTY — A lot can be done in one year and during the Rotary Club of Newberry’s annual awards ceremony last week, the club highlighted those accomplishments along with inducting new club officers and passing on the gavel to incoming President Melody Jepson. Outgoing President Donna Lominack...
Prosperity Man Arrested for Shooting Police Dog
LEXINGTON, S.C. – A local man from Prosperity, James Robert Peterson, 37, has been arrested and charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a police dog during an incident with law enforcement officers last week. The shooting took place while Newberry County deputies and agents from the State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) were attempting to apprehend Peterson.
Lexington County Sheriff's Department makes arrest in shooting of police dog they were investigation for Newberry County and SLED
Lexington County, SC 06/24/2024 - Lexington County deputies have arrested a Prosperity man accused of fatally shooting a police dog last week when Newberry County deputies and State Law Enforcement Division agents tried to arrest him. James Robert Peterson, 37, is charged with cruelty to a police dog, breach of...
Prosperity man charged in shooting death of SLED K-9
Lexington County deputies have arrested a Prosperity man accused of fatally shooting a police dog last week when Newberry County deputies and State Law Enforcement Division agents tried to arrest him. James Robert Peterson, 37, is charged with cruelty to a police dog, breach of peace, possession of a weapon...
Charges announced against man accused of shooting and killing SLED K-9 in Newberry County
PROSPERITY, S.C. — Investigators have released the charges a man is facing after they say he shot and killed a police dog in Newberry County on June 11. The Lexington County Sheriff's Department, which acted as the independent investigating agency, said 37-year-old James Robert Peterson of Prosperity was charged with cruelty to a police dog, breach of peace, possession of a weapon by a person convicted of certain crimes, resisting arrest with a deadly weapon and four counts of pointing and presenting a firearm at a person.
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