A van cut across a busy lane of afternoon traffic toward three men walking on Ladson Road. Pistols were pulled and a shooting barrage erupted Friday that rattled this normally placid suburban community. “Everybody starts shooting. There’s rounds coming from the van
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Area high school football players were back on the gridiron Friday as teams were allowed to participate in practice for the first time since the spring. Loris got the jump on most teams, and the heat, by running through drills just after midnight Friday morning. Other squads, including Conway and Myrtle Beach, chose to go early Friday morning
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A McClellanville man accused in the attempted kidnapping of a woman while she was on vacation with her family in Myrtle Beach was released from jail Friday on $70,000 bail, according to jail records. Timothy Shaun Taylor, 37, was released from J. Reuben Long Detention Center Friday evening. He is charged with attempted kidnapping and first-degree assault and battery.
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Tom Borum was trying to beat the heat with a cool dip in the Atlantic when – Zaappp! – a nasty little sting hit him right in the calf. Borum heard his fiancee cry out. Something zinged her beneath the waves as well, leaving a trail of red marks behind
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The deadline for government and non-profit agencies to use billions of dollars in stimulus money to buy foreclosures is just weeks away.
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BP’s new boss says it’s time for a “scaleback” in cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Federal officials say there is no way the crude could reach the East Coast. And fishing areas are starting to reopen. There were several signs Friday that the era of thousands of oil-skimming boats and hazmat-suited beach crews is giving way to long-term efforts to clean up, compensate people for their losses and understand the damage wrought.
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The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control aims at improving food safety at area restaurants through a statewide inspection initiative.
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