Here is the latest South Carolina news from The Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) âone space€one space” The Oklahoma Supreme Court says it will consider the custody dispute over a 3-year-old Cherokee girl. Dusten Brown of Oklahoma has been fighting a South Carolina couple, Matt and Melanie Capobianco, over custody of Veronica, who turns 4 tomorrow. ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” An Orangeburg school district is hitting the pavement to get students who have dropped out of high school back in the classroom. School District Five’s office of dropout prevention holds a walk today from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. to bring attention to the problem. The walk begins at Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School. WAGENER, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” Authorities say a woman was killed during a drug deal in Aiken County. Deputies found 25-year-old Kerry Eck of Lexington inside a car in Wagener with a gunshot to the head last night. She died later at the hospital. Investigators say Eck was meeting a man for a drug deal. KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C. (AP) âone space€one space” North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory has concerns about a Native American tribe’s plans to build a gambling casino near Kings Mountain. South Carolina’s Catawba Indian Nation has filed an application with federal officials to buy 16 acres. Cleveland County officials support the plan but many North Carolina lawmakers oppose it.
