Saluda, SC News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/saluda/ Saluda, SC News Bank Robbery Suspect Nabbed After 100 MPH Chase http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/saluda/content/b62803c9bd1d6084259a8b8021762eb4.html An armed robbery suspect was arrested Thursday afternoon after a highspeed chase that ended when the man crashed into a tree in Pickens County Police arrest suspect in Powdersville bank robbery http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/saluda/content/d8458f61ee08d9fcfb95503a745d8cd7.html POWDERSVILLE A man arrested shortly after the robbery of a Powdersville bank is being questioned regarding a series of Upstate bank robberies said Anderson County Sheriff John Skipper Suspect in Powdersville bank robbery arrested http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/saluda/content/d9e1f9664a8c5ee4be3800d78b91833c.html POWDERSVILLE A man arrested shortly after a Powdersville bank was robbed Thursday is being questioning regarding a series of Upstate bank robberies said Anderson County Sheriff John Skipper Police say man operated meth lab from his vehicle http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/saluda/content/2b0822c06be8f3ef23a7a147c2b0b238.html The Lexington County MultiAgency Narcotics Enforcement Team has arrested a Lexington man they believe was operating a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory in a vehiclepLexington County Sheriff James R Metts said NET officers arrested Harold Ray Taylor 43 of Ray Price Road at about 8:30 pm Tuesday on two counts of manufacturing methamphetamine two counts of trafficking in pseudoephedrine one count of unlawfully disposing of waste from a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory and one count of simple possession of marijuana pTaylor was being held at the Lexington County Detention Center while awaiting a bond hearingpReports indicate the suspect was the subject of an ongoing undercover investigation of methamphetamine trafficking and manufacturing in the BatesburgLeesville and Gilbert communities Officers developed information that a mobile methamphetamine laboratory was being operated in a vehicle in Lexington and Saluda countiespOn Tuesday officers say they saw the suspect breaking up pills and pouring chemicals while driving on US 378 Metts said Funeral director training center being upgraded http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/saluda/content/55e3823187739ab7773530311910e9c4.html The South Carolina Center for Funeral Service Education also known as the Funeral Service Education department at Piedmont Technical College will soon be the premier training facility for current and future funeral directors in the region with the completion of renovations of the embalming lab Man dies in accident after chase with deputies http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/saluda/content/ddabdf534f70e20e979fa031d3012d57.html Officials say a man who was involved in a chase with Saluda and Newberry County deputies died in a car accident Lights events shine through economic fog http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/saluda/content/3e3583731e1e796e6d0369d21e8aecc0.html The poor economy didn8217;t dim the two major Christmas lights events in the MidlandspAttendance at Holiday Lights on the River at Saluda Shoals Park increased this season And despite being open seven fewer nights in 2008 than in 2007 the numbers were down only slightly for Lights Before Christmas at Riverbanks ZoopThe Saluda Shoals lights show drew about 13200 vehicles through Tuesday slightly ahead of last year8217;s pace according to Elizabeth Taylor executive director of the Irmo Chapin Recreation Commission That translates to about 54000 people based on estimates of about four people per vehicle plus 1200 people at the Sleigh Bell TrotpThe numbers are up despite the traditional Thanksgiving start coming later in the November calendar Holiday Lights on the River was open five fewer nights in 2008 than in 2007pBut at least Saluda Shoals8217; drivethrough display can stay open in a driving rain Lousy weather forced Riverbanks to cancel four nights of the walkthrough Lights Before Christmas event Also Riverbanks originally scheduled three fewer nights than 2007 because of the late Thanksgiving John M Woodward MD http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/saluda/content/55e23bf5647353885a54fc450a9aa753.html John Maybin Woodward MD 54 died Tuesday December 23 2008 in Augusta Georgia after a long illness He was a son of the late Edward Mobley Woodward Sr and Honoria Kirkland Maybin Woodward Dr Woodward grew up in Columbia SC and graduated from AC