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Great Falls Reporter

  • Holt brings home the gold

    World Senior Games Gold Medalist Richard “Rick” Holt of Wilmington, Del. returned to his hometown in December 2011.
    Holt, his sister and brother-in-law, Richard and Diane Morrison of Chester, attended “Christmas in the Park” sponsored by the Great Falls Home Town Association. Holt's wife, Karen, did not attend.
    Holt is proud of his hometown.
    He is so proud of his roots that he agreed to an interview with a Wilmington, Del. newspaper only if they would mention Great Falls in the story.

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  • Woman injured in industrial accident

    A local woman was seriously injured in an accident on her job Monday.
    Ashley Whittle, 24, was first airlifted to Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia. From there, she was airlifted to the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, according to her aunt, Joyce Wright.
    Great Falls Interim Fire Chief David Galloway said a member of the fire department responded to Morcon, Inc. on James Baker Boulevard around 8:30 a.m. He said the firefighter assisted EMS in setting up a landing zone for a medical helicopter to land at Morcon.

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  • Filing for Great Falls election opens this Friday

    The Town of Great Falls will hold a municipal election on Tuesday, April 3, for three town council seats.
    An add in today's Great Falls Reporter includes several errors. An add with corrected information will run on a future date.
    The election will be held to fill the office of three town council seats. The seats are for four-year terms.
    Residents of Great Falls who want to file for election can file a letter of intent at the Great Falls Town Hall, 810 Dearborn St., Great Falls.

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  • Hinson charged with filing false reports

    Larry Lamont Hinson, 59, of 5451 Old Winnsboro Road, was released from jail Friday on a $50,000 cash/surety bond.
    He was arrested by the Chester County Sheriff's Office last Tuesday and spent three nights incarcerated at the Chester County Detention Center.
    Chester County Sheriff Richard Smith said four search warrants were executed simultaneously on Jan. 24 at different properties Hinson owns or has access to. Three of the properties are in the Great Falls area and the fourth is in Albermarle, N.C., Smith said.

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  • Century-old hose house to be restored

    A small wooden building that sat in the same spot for more than a century has been moved.
    If you look towards the fire department on Chester Avenue, you'll see the old fire hose house that sat near the fence at Republic Mill No. 1 for more than 100 years.
    Former employees of the mill may have passed by the small wooden structure known as hose house no. 3 each morning as they reported to work.

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  • Use it, you may lose it....a weapon, that is

    Great Falls Town Council gave unanimous second reading approval on Jan. 17  to an amendment to a town ordinance in the Great Falls Code of Laws regarding illegal acts of concealed carrying, presenting and possible discharge of weaponry.
    The amendment to the ordinance will stipulate the forfeiture of the weapon if found guilty of breaking the law.

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  • Family Medicine staff stays busy treating patients

    Family/Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Terry Sims has doubled the number of patients he is seeing.
    He often spends 12 hours a day at Great Falls Family Medicine.
    “I come in early to get a lot of the chart work done,” Sims said. “That way I can do it without being interrupted.”
    Sims has taken the lead role at the medical office since the unexpected death of Dr. Hollis P. Snead Jr. on Jan. 6.
    Sims worked alongside Snead for three years.

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  • Gwin is chock full of interesting stories

    Annie Mae Gwin is a celebrity of sorts.
    She can lay claim to fame that few people can. Mrs. Gwin is over a century old. She celebrated her 104th birthday on Nov. 2, 2011. She's as smart as a tack and has a very pleasant personality.
    Tucked away in Mrs. Gwin's mind are memories of growing up in Great Falls that sound like they come out of a movie script.

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  • Scouts light Remembrance Tree in park

    Boy Scout Troop 176 would like to thank those who bought lights on their Remembrance Tree. Listed below are the names of those who gave and the names of those remembered:
    • Wesley Reeves in memory of Sgt. Clyde W. Reeves.
    • The Orr family (three) in memory of Charles B. "Cricket" Orr, Joy B. Orr and William H. "Bill" Love Sr.
    • The Howes (two) in memory of Ruth Wylie Pittman and Brian Richard Morley.
    • Bud and Jerelene Roberts (four) in memory of Clio Burton, Sue Jessee, Verdia Jessee and Geneva Camp.

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  • A few written words can change a day

    Dollie Roberts knows what it is like not to have your family with you at Christmas. She has had a husband and two sons serve in the military.
    Their service to the nation took the men in Roberts' life away.
    “I know what I went through at Christmas,” Roberts said. “I cried and cried.”
    Roberts' experience increased her burden for military personnel who are serving their country and cannot be home for holidays and special events.

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