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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page South Carolina State News.net http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/cat/29303e8ca92d1eb9/ en-us Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:51:42 -0400 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:51:42 -0400 30 Charges likely will not be filed against a homeowner who shot and killed a would-be robber during a home invasion in Wellford on Tuesday, authorities ... http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215322931/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:18:58 -0400 http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215322931/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 View Photo Associated Press/Heritage Auctions - This June 17, 2013 provided by Heritage Auctions, shows the pair of leg irons, or shackles, believed to be those used on John Brown during his incarceration at the ... http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215320273/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:57:06 -0400 http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215320273/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 A group of Hilton Head Island residents, a dock owner and a business owner will meet at water's edge Thursday off Squire Pope Road to determine if a fleet of Sea-Doos make too much noise.Some residents of The Cyprus of Hilton Head are worried that personal watercraft rentals at the nearby Salty Fare dock will destroy the tranquility of their neighborhood. Salty Fare owner S. Kittredge ... http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215314049/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:40:03 -0400 http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215314049/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Hanna, 6, enjoys her lunch at the Northside Recreation Center's Boys and Girls Club summer camp. The Summer Feeding Program provides free nutritious lunches to thousands of kids every day across York and Chester ... http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215314050/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:38:49 -0400 http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215314050/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Buck Haney, deputy fire chief of Oconee County Emergency Services, talks on a cellular phone, outside the Long Creek Volunteer Fire Station. A command post was set up at the fire station after a rafter disappeared in the Chattooga River. Recovery crews will go out at first light Thursday to plot out a search plan for an out-of-state tourist who is believed to have drowned while rafting on the ... http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215313047/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:34:46 -0400 http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215313047/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Wed Jun 19, 2013 10:54pm EDT (Adds actor's planned attendance at Sicily film festival, more reaction) By Piya Sinha-Roy and Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES, June 19 (Reuters) - James Gandolfini, the burly actor best known for his Emmy-winning portrayal of a conflicted New Jersey mob boss in the groundbreaking cable TV series "The Sopranos," died on Wednesday vacationing in Italy. He was ... http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215312508/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:54:12 -0400 http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215312508/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 SEFTON IPOCK/INDEPENDENT MAIL Volunteers lift a wall in Samuel Robinson’s home in place at a Habitat for Humanity project on Pocalla Way on Wednesday. Sammy Robinson still feels like owning a home is just a dream, even as he saw the outside walls of that house go up ... http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215311323/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:22:11 -0400 http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215311323/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Boys Home of the South board Chairman Joel Stoudenmire, left, and the home’s newly hired chief executive officer, Al Squire, discuss plans for the Greenville County facility. The leaders of a struggling group home for troubled boys have unveiled a strategy aimed at keeping it from ... http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215310381/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:16:49 -0400 http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215310381/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Gov. Nikki Haley has signed into law a measure that prevents a repeat of last year's legal mess that kicked hundreds of candidates off primary ... http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215309146/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:57:33 -0400 http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215309146/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- The South Carolina Legislature passed a $6.7 billion spending plan for state taxes Wednesday that supporters praised as fixing roads and bridges statewide and educating more poor pre-school ... http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215309145/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:57:32 -0400 http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215309145/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Ben F. Overton first donned the robes of the Florida Supreme Court in 1974, an era when the elected institution was marred by seedy politics and ... http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215306978/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:08:45 -0400 http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215306978/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Federal authorities on Wednesday hailed a successful prosecution of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang in South Carolina that has yielded 16 convictions and the seizure of more than 100 ... http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215307803/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:51:41 -0400 http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215307803/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 A Connecticut gun manufacturer is moving to South Carolina after Connecticut lawmakers passed stricter gun-control laws in the aftermath of the fatal Sandy Hook School shootings. PTR Industries will make the formal announcement next week at a ribbon-cutting to be attended by South Carolina Republican Gov. Nikki Haley, according to The Sun News of Myrtle Beach. The company is going to Horry ... http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215307804/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:47:01 -0400 http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215307804/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 A Winthrop University professor is on the hunt for the “cold-blooded killer” significantly impacting animals at a wildlife refuge in South Carolina. Over the next year, biology faculty member Matthew Heard will visit the Hobcaw Barony wildlife refuge in Georgetown to study the affect of ranaviruses on amphibians and reptiles. The research is supported by about $5,000 in grant money. ... http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215305094/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:47:20 -0400 http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215305094/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 A man died after he was hit by an S.C. Highway Patrol car while he was walking on U.S. 21 on Wednesday morning near Beaufort.Just before 5 a.m., a trooper reported he had hit a pedestrian near the highway's intersection with Martin Lane, according to a news release from the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office, which is investigating the crash.A 68-year-old man was pronounced dead at the ... http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215303868/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:41:40 -0400 http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215303868/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 A St. Helena Island man allegedly stole an ambulance Tuesday from the emergency room entrance at Beaufort Memorial Hospital.Clifton McNeill, 34, had been taken to the hospital by EMS for a "medical reason," according to a Beaufort Police Department news release.At about 5:10 p.m., he removed his I.V., left a treatment room and forced open the exit of the emergency room, according to the ... http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215303869/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:41:39 -0400 http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215303869/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Hilton Head Island Town Council gave an initial thumbs up Tuesday to an ordinance banning texting while driving.Despite their preference for a statewide law and concern over how an island measure would be enforced, council members voted 6-1, with George Williams dissenting, to approve the ordinance, which requires two readings to be adopted. The final reading is expected at council's July 2 ... http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215303867/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:41:36 -0400 http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215303867/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Stephens County commissioners and Toccoa commissioners have reached an agreement about splitting revenue if voters approve a new special sales tax later this ... http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215303870/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:40:46 -0400 http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215303870/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- A new television ad criticizes U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham for his support of a costly program to turn weapons-grade plutonium into commercial nuclear reactor ... http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215303871/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:25:40 -0400 http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215303871/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 The Toccoa City Commission on Monday unanimously approved amendments to the ordinance after a second reading and public hearing of proposed ... http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215302567/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:32:21 -0400 http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215302567/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 ROCK HILL - One of two people police stopped during a Rock Hill traffic stop Wednesday morning ran from officers with handcuffs around his wrists after they found that he was in possession of crack cocaine.Bernard "Tick" Massey, 43, has been charged with his second possession of cocaine offense and failure to identify, said Lt. Brad Redfearn with the Rock Hill Police Department.The ... http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215302568/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:31:45 -0400 http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215302568/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 COLUMBIA - Two members of the Rock Hill Hells Angels convicted in a March trial of criminal racketeering conspiracy and drug and weapons crimes were sentenced to prison Wednesday morning in federal court.Bruce “Bruce-Bruce” Long, 32, of West Columbia, convicted of 14 charges, was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison.Mark “Lightning” Baker, 50, of Lancaster, president of ... http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215302569/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:31:45 -0400 http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215302569/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Boys Home of the South CEO Al Squire said Wednesday that the facility plans to focus more on finding ways to help boys who have had traumatic experiences and may need specialized ... http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215302570/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:17:31 -0400 http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215302570/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 FORT JACKSON, S.C. - Lt. Col. Michael Standish is taking over Army recruiting operations in South Carolina, western North Carolina and eastern Georgia.The 44-year-old Army officer says his unit has to combat apathy among teens as well as a lack of knowledge about benefits the military can provide.Last year, the battalion at Fort Jackson recruited more than 3,000 active duty soldiers and about 500 ... http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215300724/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:21:35 -0400 http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215300724/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 ROCK HILL - Four Rock Hill women were arrested Tuesday after police say two of them attacked a repo man with fists and car keys, while two others fought each other with a golf club.Police at about 11:30 a.m. were sent to the 600 block of East White Street after receiving reports of a fight, according to a Rock Hill police report. When they arrived, they found a group of women fighting in the ... http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215300799/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:18:55 -0400 http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215300799/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 WELLFORD, S.C. (AP) -- Authorities say a Spartanburg homeowner shot and killed an alleged intruder using a gun he grabbed from one of the two would-be ... http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215300800/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:04:36 -0400 http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215300800/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 The South Carolina Ports Authority board of directors has approved its fiscal year 2014 plan, which includes volume increases across business segments and $123 million in capital spending on a number of projects.From July 1, 2013, to June 30, 2014, capital spending will fund infrastructure investments such as the new container terminal at the former Navy Base, new equipment to handle the increase ... http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215297664/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:10:17 -0400 http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215297664/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 NORTH CHARLESTON -- Google is holding an event to give teachers, entrepreneurs, and employees of nonprofits a chance to learn how to use the Internet company's tools at the Trident Technical College campus in North Charleston. Wednesday's free Googlefest event will include teaching about various online Google programs such as Google Plus, Google Apps and Google Drive. Google ... http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215298567/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:09:23 -0400 http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215298567/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 CHESTER - Emergency responders are en-route to a car accident in Chester County in which a car crashed into an embankment and trapped four passengers inside.The crash is near Pinckney Road and Catfish Drive, according to emergency radio traffic.EMS has been dispatched, and the fire department is responding.Check back later for more ... http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215298569/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:08:49 -0400 http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215298569/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 FORT MILL - Officials with Renew Our Community, a Rock Hill-based organization that serves the homeless and needy in York County, said Thursday it plans to reach out to Fort Mill’s homeless population and connect them with services they may need. Fort Mill’s homeless population suffers from “a disconnect,” said ROC board member Bruce McKagan, because they lack transportation to get them to ... http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215298568/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:08:48 -0400 http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215298568/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 A woman says a North Charleston, S.C. bonding company failed to monitor a 25-year-old man who sexually assaulted her while wearing one of the firm’s tracking devices. The Post and Courier of Charleston reported that the lawsuit filed this week in Berkeley County says Robinson Bail Bonding should have had Brandon Bannister locked up after his ankle bracelet showed he was violating release ... http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215297614/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:38:53 -0400 http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215297614/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 BISHOPVILLE, S.C. (AP) -- A 61-year-old Lee County man is getting two years' probation after pleading guilty to four counts of the ill-treatment of 1,000 ... http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215297038/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:43:48 -0400 http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215297038/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- A convicted felon who shot and killed two men he said were trying to rob his Spartanburg apartment has been sentenced to ... http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215297039/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:43:48 -0400 http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215297039/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 http://bit.ly/14JCPwv ) the Burton resident lives on a sharp curve and five times in the past year drivers have smashed into her fence. Murdaugh has lived in the house 39 years and says there's about one crash a year into her yard. The curve is at the end of a half-mile ... http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215297041/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:43:47 -0400 http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215297041/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) -- The real estate market continues to rebound from the Great Recession on Hilton Head Island, although the high end resort market remains ... http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215297040/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:43:47 -0400 http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215297040/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Group Says 'Sore Loser' Statute Violates Free Association Rights COLUMBIA, South Carolina - August 7 - In the first case of its kind, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit in federal court today challenging the South Carolina election rules that prevent a candidate seeking the nomination of more than one political party from appearing on the general election ballot if ... http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215296420/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:27:01 -0400 http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215296420/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 TIMMONSVILLE, S.C. (AP) -- The acting financial clerk for Florence School District 4 has been arrested and charged with forging several checks for thousands of ... http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215293612/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:27:53 -0400 http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215293612/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Police spokesman Spencer Pryor says officers were called to the home shortly after 8:30 a.m. to deal with a domestic disturbance. Pryor says officers tried to talk to both people but then shots were fired in the ... http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215292296/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:22:49 -0400 http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215292296/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Man charged with gun possession after he was cleared of fatally shooting two men breaking into his apartment last year has been sentenced to federal ... http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215291328/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:31:48 -0400 http://www.southcarolina.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215291328/scat/29303e8ca92d1eb9