http://www.yourstreet.com/news/abingdon-sc The latest Abingdon, SC news updated hourly from thousands of sources. To see this news on a map, visit YourStreet.com. en-us Dear Editor: I am a lifelong resident of the McKowns Mountain area and opposed to the Waste Management landfill proposed for our community. I would like to respond to viewpoints... http://www.yourstreet.com/4607063/what-do-they-support-the-stink-the-contamination Dear Editor: I lived in McKowns Mountain Community in my early years and my family still lives there. My first ancestors in the area settled on the south side of Broad River at... http://www.yourstreet.com/4607064/prays-no-landfill-will-be-placed-there BLACKSBURG - Dollie Carrylee Lecroy, 89, of 910 S. Charleston St., passed away Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born in Blacksburg, Mrs. Lecroy... http://www.yourstreet.com/4588628/dollie-c-lecroy SMYRNA - Jimmy Arley Hardin, 77, of 552 Manning Road, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008, at his home. Born in Smyrna, Mr. Hardin was the husband of Helen Peterson Hardin of the... http://www.yourstreet.com/4588615/jimmy-a-hardin SMYRNA -- Jimmy Arley Hardin, 77, of 552 Manning Road, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008, at his home. Born in Smyrna, Mr. http://www.yourstreet.com/4567692/jimmy-a-hardin Just like plumes of steam from a cooling tower, the price tag on the proposed William States Lee III Nuclear Power Plant in McKowns Mountain is rising. http://www.yourstreet.com/4567671/price-tag-for-duke-s-proposed-nuclear-plant-rises-to-11-billion Dear Editor: Senator Harvey Peeler's letter of Oct. 22 was greatly appreciated by me and my family. I am a native of Cherokee County - the McKowns Mountain/Sardis Church... http://www.yourstreet.com/4546133/cherokee-county-will-become-the-dump-of-the-south Dear Editor: Determination is a powerful "quality" but at what cost? I see the determination of the people of the McKowns Mountain area. Yet I am for the Waste Management... http://www.yourstreet.com/4546132/we-must-remember-this-is-also-a-recycling-center Dear Editor: I am both interested in and concerned about the proposed McKowns Mountain landfill project. http://www.yourstreet.com/4511749/offering-incentives-instead-of-asking-for-them-says-all-we-need-to-know Dear Editor: I am writing you over my concern about the proposed "GREEN" Waste Management landfill to be located in the McKowns Mountain area of Cherokee County. My thoughts on... http://www.yourstreet.com/4511747/allowing-this-landfill-here-just-doesn-t-add-up Dear Editor: Waste Management of South Carolina Inc. is pushing hard politically to build a landfill on a 1,550-acre tract of land in the McKowns Mountain community of Cherokee... http://www.yourstreet.com/4455327/landfill-would-create-problems-for-a-number-of-counties Dear Editor: In your Sept. 24,2008, newspaper, Waste Management, Inc. officials are quoted as saying that the facility would "collect, process and recycle refuse from a proposed... http://www.yourstreet.com/4455325/what-do-you-suppose-will-happen-to-aquatic-life Is it a much-needed economic boon? Or is it an eyesore and public health hazard? That's the debate many Cherokee County residents are having about Waste Management's proposed... http://www.yourstreet.com/4455268/clout-rallies-against-landfill-group Dear Editor: Waste Management of South Carolina Inc. is pushing hard politically to build a landfill on a 1,550-acre tract of land in the McKowns Mountain community of Cherokee... http://www.yourstreet.com/4451890/landfill-would-create-problems-for-a-number-of-counties Dear Editor: In your Sept. 24,2008, newspaper, Waste Management, Inc. officials are quoted as saying that the facility would "collect, process and recycle refuse from a proposed... http://www.yourstreet.com/4451889/what-do-you-suppose-will-happen-to-aquatic-life Is it a much-needed economic boon? Or is it an eyesore and public health hazard? That's the debate many Cherokee County residents are having about Waste Management's proposed... http://www.yourstreet.com/4451879/clout-rallies-against-landfill-group Cherokee Landfill Opposition United Together (CLOUT) continued its harsh tone at Thursday's Cherokee County Council meeting in its ongoing battle to stop Waste Management's... http://www.yourstreet.com/4415522/landfill-proposal-war-of-words-heating-up HICKORY GROVE— Orline Kinard "Pat" Wilkerson, 86, of 3216 Howells Ferry Road, died Thursday, October 14, 2008, at Peachtree Center in Gaffney. Pat was the daughter of the late... http://www.yourstreet.com/4394110/pat-wilkerson Armed with facts, figures and a 16-page handout, Joan Wheeler pleaded her case for the second time Monday before Cherokee County Council to stop Waste Management's planned... http://www.yourstreet.com/4337945/clout-descends-on-cherokee-county-council-meeting Brandy Lee Turner and Jody Lee Pridmore were married June 21, 2007, at Abingdon Creek Baptist Church. Dean Painter officiated the 2 p.m. double ring ceremony. A reception... http://www.yourstreet.com/4320682/miss-turner-and-mr-pridmore-wed-at-abingdon-creek-church Joan Wheeler hopes she has some CLOUT when she makes her second appearance today before Cherokee County Council to oppose Waste Management's planned construction of a $150... http://www.yourstreet.com/4320676/landfill-opponents-will-face-off-with-county-council-again