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21 hrs ago | Spartenburg Herald-Journal

Woman sentenced in death

Published: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 1:06 a.m. The Jonesville woman who took the life of a 16-year-old cheerleader by holding down the stabbing victim while demanding her husband "prove his love" with a kitchen knife was sentenced to life in prison without parole Friday in Union.

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Related Topix: Jonesville, SC, Wingate University, Death Penalty, Union County, SC

Sat Nov 07, 2009

OnlineChester

Demo work stopped again at Eureka Mill

Once again, a contractor has pulled into the Eureka Mill site in the past two weeks, intent on tearing the old Springs site down and selling the refuse for parts.

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Related Topix: Eureka Mill, SC, Gayle Mill, SC

Thu Nov 05, 2009

OnlineChester

Walking, talking ghosts in Chester

About 100 people got to hear ghost stories from a local expert on the eve of the eve of Halloween.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Halloween

Tue Nov 03, 2009

OnlineChester

Chester County Christmas: Annual bike drive hurting

Christmas actually starts in February to a family business in Edgemoor. Or at least the effort to raise money to buy bikes to distribute them to needy children in Chester and York counties for Christ-mas. But that effort isn't going as good this year as it has in the past.

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Related Topix: Edgemoor, SC

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Rock Hill Herald

Sheriff's office shuts down Chester club

A Chester nightclub was shut down this weekend and a Rock Hill man charged after police found that the club was selling alcohol without a license.

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Related Topix: Rock Hill, SC

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Rock Hill Herald

Flood watch in effect through late tonight

Rain has arrived in York County and the Charlotte metro region, and you can expect it to continue for the rest of the day -- with a threat of flooding through late tonight.

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Related Topix: Charlotte Metro, Natural Disasters, Flood, York County, SC, Weather, Greer, SC

Fri Oct 30, 2009

OnlineChester

CANCER in Chester County: Lung cancer ranks high in Great Falls area

Lung cancer and deaths from lung cancer continue to be "significantly" higher than expected in the Great Falls area and their incidence got worse in one year, an updated state study shows.

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Thu Oct 29, 2009

WMBF News

Sanford impeachment debate heats up on eve of special session

State lawmakers are expected to head back to Columbia Tuesday for a special session to extend unemployment benefit to those without jobs in South Carolina.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Mark Sanford, Horry County, SC

Tue Oct 27, 2009

The State

Sanford impeachment bill 'out of order'

When state Rep. Greg Delleney makes up his mind to do something, the Citadel graduate locks on like a bulldog.

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Related Topix: US News

Mon Oct 26, 2009

WJBF-TV Augusta

Sc Man Killed In Home By Someone Firing From Yard

Investigators in South Carolina say a 41-year-old man was shot and killed by someone standing outside in his yard.

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Rock Hill Herald

Chester man, 41, dies after being shot in his home

A Chester man died after someone shot into his Saluda Road house Saturday morning.

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Related Topix: Chester, SC

Sun Oct 25, 2009

OnlineChester

Sheriff says close clubs after 2 a.m.

Chester County Sheriff Richard Smith asked County Council Monday to pass an ordinance requiring all clubs to shut down at 2 a.m., even private ones, and remain closed for at least four hours.

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Related Topix: Rock Hill, SC, Richburg, SC

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Morning News

Burry Bookstore to host ghost story writer Tally Johnson

On Friday, Oct.30, Burry Bookstore is hosting author and ghost storyteller Tally Johnson from 4 until 5:30 p.m. He will be signing copies of his new book Ghosts of the Pee Dee, and sharing some of his favorite ghost tales about the surrounding community.

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Related Topix: Kershaw County, SC, Methodist College, Wofford College, Winthrop University, Chester, SC

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Rock Hill Herald

York County sees more unemployed as state rate goes up

South Carolina's jobless rate in September increased slightly as the state's labor force reached its lowest level in a year.

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Related Topix: South Carolina, York County, SC, Lancaster County, SC

Tue Oct 20, 2009

CNN

Tom Joyner gets justice for electrocuted kin

Nationally syndicated radio host Tom Joyner raised his hand in victory. "I hope now they rest in peace," Tom Joyner said of his two great-uncles who were wrongfully executed.

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Related Topix: Columbia Metro, Columbia, SC, Blackstock, SC

Sun Oct 18, 2009

Telegraph.co.uk

South Carolina pardons black brothers convicted of 1913 killing

Two wealthy black brothers executed for killing a white Confederate army veteran in 1913 have been given the first posthumous pardon ever issued in a South Carolina murder case.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Life, Interracial,Multiracial, Multiethnic, and Multicultural, Blackstock, SC, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Sat Oct 17, 2009

OnlineChester

$500 million incinerator may bring 50 jobs

Covanta Energy will build a plant that may employ 50 people at a plant that might become an investment of $300 million to $500 million.

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Related Topix: Fort Lawn, SC

Fri Oct 16, 2009

Rock Hill Herald

Pardons from 1913 murder terrific, but what about the other two guys?

What about Nelson Brice and John Crosby? It is justice that two black men from Chester County were pardoned Wednesday for the 1913 murder of a white Civil War veteran that they very likely did not commit.

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Related Topix: Chester, SC, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Blackstock, SC, York, SC

Thu Oct 15, 2009

OnlineChester

Incinerator looking at county needs zoning help to locate here

An incinerator company that turns waste into electricity is eying a site in Chester County, but needs two county boards to approve zoning changes to allow it to operate.

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Related Topix: Fort Lawn, SC

Wed Oct 14, 2009

TwinCities.com

South Carolina board pardons radio show host's kin executed 94 years ago

A South Carolina board has unanimously pardoned two great-uncles of syndicated radio host Tom Joyner who were executed for the 1913 murder of a Confederate Army veteran.

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