Author: Associated Press

Greenville county teachers get raise after tax hike approved

May 25, 2019 10:32 PM EDT

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GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) – Teachers in Greenville County Schools will be paid a starting salary of $40,000 – the highest out of any school district in South Carolina – after school board members unanimously approved a 6-mill tax increase. Under the $668.4 million budget, teachers would get a 5% to 10% raise and reduced class sizes while adding counselors at…

Mom charged with homicide by abuse in 2-week-old’s death

May 24, 2019 9:56 AM EDT

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Authorities say a 23-year-old mother has been charged in the death of her 2-week-old daughter in February 2019.

Prisoner charged in cellmate’s death has killed twice before

May 24, 2019 8:47 AM EDT

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An SC prisoner recently charged with murder in the death of a cellmate last April killed another inmate 17 years ago and his roommate in ’99.

West Point to graduate record number of black female cadets

May 23, 2019 5:26 PM EDT

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The class of cadets preparing to jubilantly toss their caps in the air at the U.S. Military Academy’s graduation ceremony Saturday includes 34 black women, a record number that’s a sign of concerted efforts to diversify West Point’s Long Gray Line.

SC police department accused in destruction of evidence

May 22, 2019 8:45 PM EDT

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The South Carolina city of Simpsonville and its police department are accused of allowing the destruction of DNA evidence in a decades old rape and slaying case.

Stewart, Gibbs among 5 elected to NASCAR Hall

May 22, 2019 7:21 PM EDT

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Tony Stewart headlined a Joe Gibbs Racing trio that was elected to the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Wednesday.

Rivera: Not a big deal that Cam Newton isn’t throwing yet

May 22, 2019 7:17 PM EDT

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Cam Newton still isn’t throwing a football four months after surgery on his throwing shoulder.

Woman charged with murder deleted texts after fatal shootout, according to warrant

May 22, 2019 4:11 PM EDT

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Arrest warrants say a woman charged in the death of an 8-year-old boy during a home invasion deleted text messages from her phone shortly after the shootout.