08,06, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online South Carolina General Assembly126th Session, 2025-2026Bill 646Indicates Matter StrickenIndicates New Matter(Text matches printed bills.

Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.) Indicates  Matter  Stricken  Indicates  New  Matter    Introduced  andA Adoptedsenate MayRESOLUTION 6,  2025TO  CONGRATULATE S.The twin-city news UPON THE OCCASION OF ITS one hundredth ANNIVERSARY AND TO COMMEND the twin-city news FOR ITS MANY YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE batesburg-leesville COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE AND THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

646   Introduced by Senator Kennedy   S.

Printed 5/6/25--S.                                                                              [SEC 5/8/2025 12:11 PM] Read the first time May 6, 2025   ________                 A senate RESOLUTION   TO CONGRATULATE The twin-city news UPON THE OCCASION OF ITS one hundredth ANNIVERSARY AND TO COMMEND the twin-city news FOR ITS MANY YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE batesburg-leesville COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE AND THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

and   Whereas, Thethe Twin-City News is a weekly newspaper serving the Batesburg-Leesville community.

Established in 1925, Thethe Twin-City News is the oldest continuously operating business in Batesburg-Leesville;

and   Whereas, Thethe Twin-City News primarily covers local news, as well as news from nearby areas such as Gilbert and Monetta, with minimal national or international coverage;

and   Whereas, Sara and Douglas Bruner were the original owners of The Twin-City News.

The paper is considered Batesburg-Leesville's oldest continuously operating business;

and   Whereas, in July 2014, the grandson of Sara and Douglas, Trey Bruner, and his wife, Leah, took over ownership of the paper.

In September 2014, the first paper under Trey and Leah's leadership was printed.

Leah became editor and layout designer of the paper from 2014 until 2021.

Theresa Shealy, office manager of the paper, was a vital employee and worked for over fifty years for the Bruner family before retiring in January 2024;

and   Whereas, in 2014, The Twin-City News won the Batesburg-Leesville Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year Award.

Recently, the newspaper was awarded the first place Community Service Award for 2024 from the S.C.

Press Association for coverage during Hurricane Helene;

and   Whereas, in January 2024, The Twin-City News acquired the Saluda Standard Sentinel in neighboring Saluda County.

Today, the newspaper prints weekly and offers the printed edition as well as an e-edition, which was instituted in December 2014;

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