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  • Health, transportation, training top aid lists

    Finding affordable health care, getting to work or school, and developing meaningful job skills top a list of the most pressing needs among many of the Midlands’ most financially strapped residents.

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Suspect sought after El Cheapo robbery

Lexington County sheriff’s deputies are investigating an armed robbery Tuesday night at the El Cheapo convenience store at 3862 U.S. 321 in West Columbia.

Tourists staying closer to home

Lake Murray officials are eyeing tourism closer to home these days. That reflects a tight economy and advertising concentrated on marketing to areas within a day’s drive of the Midlands playground, officials say.

MIDLANDS MOST WANTED

Jose Hernandez Mendez

Description: Mendez is 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighs 160 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes.

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Norman Welton, former AP photo editor, dies at 81

Norman Welton, whose 31-year career as a photo editor for The Associated Press included coverage of New York City, the United Nations and four Olympic Games, has died. He was 81.

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