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GOP senator joins calls for Haley to fire SC Social Services chief
State Sen. Katrina Shealy, R-Lexington, called on Gov. Nikki Haley to fire the chief of South Carolina’s child-welfare agency during a radio interview Wednesday. Shealy is the third senator -- but the first Republican -- to call for director Lillian...
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CRIME
SC Supreme Court rules man can get off ‘lifelong’ sex offender registry
In its two-page opinion, the high court reversed a decision by the S.C. Court of Appeals that in effect kept John Christopher Johnson on the sex offender registry for life.
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LOCAL NEWS
Original Riverbanks Zoo backers amazed at how it has grown for 40 years
O. Stanley Smith Jr. helped get the ball rolling, with a huge assist from a beautiful tiger and thousands of nickel- and dime-toting children.
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EDUCATION
Horry County Schools’ Ainsworth wins S.C. Teacher of the Year
Jennifer Ainsworth, a teacher at Socastee High School, was named South Carolina’s 2014-15 Teacher of the Year at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center Wednesday night, and made history as the first educator to bring that title home for Horry County Schools.
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POLITICS
We object: SC lawyers fight back over campaign ads (+video)
The S.C. Bar has launched a web site, sclawyerfacts.org, to combat “recent political campaign ads (that) have waged an attack against the legal profession.”
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CRIME
Details emerge about admitted serial child molester from SC
William James Vahey, who committed suicide March 21, owned a house in Sea Pines, SC.
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CRIME
Activist: Harrell allegations were criminal from the start
Allegations about S.C. House Speaker Bobby Harrell’s alleged illegal use of campaign funds were criminal in nature from the beginning and an ongoing investigation into his affairs should stay in the State Grand Jury, according to the people who sparked the Harrell investigation in the first...
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LOCAL NEWS
Pro-tax effort in Lexington County focuses on ending road congestion, improving safety
The plan emerged Wednesday as leaders of the effort met with community leaders across the county to start lining up support for a tax hike expected to be on the Nov. 4 ballot.
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LOCAL NEWS
SC called the dirtiest state in litter report
South Carolina has earned the dubious distinction as the nation’s dirtiest state, ranking dead last for ‘public spaces cleanliness’ in the 2014 American State Litter Scorecard.
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STATE
Man dies two weeks after crash in Horry County
The S.C. Highway Patrol said Wednesday a man died two weeks after crashing in Horry County.
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