South Carolina News Digest

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The news editor is Tim Rogers. The breaking news supervisor is Emery Dalesio. The Columbia bureau can be reached at 803-799-5510.

CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARIES

CHARLESTON — In a primary season lacking statewide races, most of the attention this year is focused on South Carolina’s new 7th Congressional District, with 13 candidates vying for major party nominations in the district carved out of the northeastern corner of the state. For the first time in some 80 years, South Carolina will again have seven House members representing the state in Washington. There are also three other contested congressional primaries to be decided in the June 12 balloting. By Bruce Smith.

YOUNG FARMERS

CHESNEE, S.C. — The sweet aroma of freshly picked peaches, strawberries and cantaloupes recently wafted through the open-air roadside market at James Cooley’s family farm near Chesnee. By Trevor Anderson, (Spartanburg) Herald Journal.

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ALSO:

— Joy Ride Crash, from ORANGEBURG: A South Carolina sheriff says two juveniles face charges after taking a school bus on a two-county joy ride chased by officers and then crashing into a brick wall.

— SC-Missing Boy, from COLUMBIA: The mother of a South Carolina toddler missing since late last year is in solitary confinement after a confrontation with a jailhouse nurse.

— Big Slide, from AIKEN: A businessman is bringing a giant inflatable water slide back to an Aiken park. The Aiken Standard (http://bit.ly/JSTQGC ) reports the nearly four-story tall slide will open Saturday in Citizens Park.

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