SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. (AP) _ Officials in a South Carolina city that fired and then rehired its police chief are meeting in private after the law officer was suspended without pay. Multiple media organizations report that Simpsonville’s city council is holding a special meeting Monday behind closed doors to discuss an employee’s job, promotion or release. Supporters of suspended Police Chief…
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CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) _ South Carolina’s farmers who lost $375 million worth of crops during last fall’s historic floods are facing new challenges in replanting. Clemson University Cooperative Extension agent David DeWitt says farm budgets will be tight but farmers need to resist the temptation to save by using less fertilizer this spring. The university said in a release that…
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GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (AP) _ Authorities are investigating the death of a man who struck by an Amtrak train passing through South Carolina on Easter morning. Berkeley County Coroner Bill Salisbury says 44-year-old Harold Stewart, Jr. of Goose Creek was struck about 10:15 a.m. Sunday in Goose Creek about 20 miles north of Charleston. Salisbury says Stewart was on a…
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SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) _ A Spartanburg County teacher has been charged with having sex with a student more than a year ago. Multiple media outlets reported that 25-year-old Alexandra Davis McClure of Lyman has been charged with three counts of sexual battery. The Byrnes High School Spanish teacher is accused of having sex with a then-16-year-old male student in 2014….
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GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) _ An Ohio logistics company is opening its third South Carolina office, creating 75 jobs in Greenville. Total Quality Logistics says the new jobs are expected to be created during the next three years. The company connects customers who need things shipped with shipping companies. Total Quality Logistics was established almost 20 years ago in Cincinnati. It…
