Livingston NewsLocal news for Livingston, SC continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.218th ends Afghan tour- April 30, 2008 "It is clear to all of us from New York that the team from South Carolina has moved the ball well down field, gained great yardage on its watch here and placed the follow-on team in the Red Zone" The colors of the S.C. National Guard's 218th Brigade Combat Team are presented to Brig. via The Statehttp://www.topix.net/city/livingston-sc/2008/04/218th-ends-afghan-tour?fromrss=1 General Bob Livingston spoke with WIS via satellite Thurs. morning- April 28, 2008 "Yeah, that's been really hard for me to deal with" The next group of South Carolina's 218th is back on American soil. The National Guard says about 200 members of the 218th touched down at Pope Air Force Base Tuesday morning shortly after 7am. via WIS-TV Columbiahttp://www.topix.net/city/livingston-sc/2008/04/general-bob-livingston-spoke-with-wis-via-... More than 1,000 honors given to guardsmen in Afghanistan- April 26, 2008 "We had staff sergeants who got a Bronze Star and lieutenant colonels who got only an Army Commendation medal" The S.C. National Guard might need to commandeer a C-17 transport plane from Charleston Air Force Base to haul home all the medals its soldiers have earned during the past year here. via Myrtle Beach Onlinehttp://www.topix.net/city/livingston-sc/2008/04/more-than-1-000-honors-given-to-guardsmen-... Housing crunch costing county- April 24, 2008 "Revenues have slowed, and you've got increasing prices." Richland likely to come up $1 million short of projections for building permit fees The housing slowdown is coming home to roost, with collections of building-permit fees in Richland County coming up short by ... via The Statehttp://www.topix.net/city/livingston-sc/2008/04/housing-crunch-costing-county?fromrss=1 |