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EMS Worker Charged with Filing False Report Following Shooting

ABC Columbia Site Staff

Timmonsville EMS worker Richard Grooms is charged with filing false report following shooting. (Florence County Detention Center / WPDE) TIMMONSVILLE, S.C. (WPDE) — Timmonsville EMS worker Richard Grooms, 58, is charged with malicious injury to property and filing false police report of a felony violation in connection with an incident last Friday in Timmonsville where he reported being shot. Deputies…
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State of Emergency Declared in 2 Florence County Schools

TIMMONSVILLE, S.C. (AP) _ A state of emergency has been declared in two schools in Timmonsville, opening the way for the state Department of Education to manage the schools
ABC Columbia Site Staff

TIMMONSVILLE, S.C. (AP) _ A state of emergency has been declared in two schools in Timmonsville, opening the way for the state Department of Education to manage the schools. Media outlets report the state Board of Education declared the emergency Tuesday in Brockington Elementary and Johnson Middle School. The schools have been under state scrutiny in recent months because of…