After nearly ten months away from their families, members of the 178th Combat Engineers Battalion are returning home at the end of this month. For weeks, rumors have flown across York County and the state about the unit’s return — but Family Readiness Group coordinator Anne Cash confirmed the May 31 arrival Wednesday. Cash says [...]
24 co-workers at a retail store in Charlotte are splitting a $2 million Powerball prize they won in this weekend’s drawing. After taxes, that’s about $56,000 each. The group told S.C. Education Lottery officials they pooled their money and bought 80 Powerball tickets from the K-Won Mart on S.C. 160 in Fort Mill. The group [...]
If you’re hitting the road this Memorial Day weekend, take comfort in the fact that South Carolina has the lowest gas prices in the nation. AAA-Carolinas says the average price of a gallon of gas in South Carolina is $3.24 a gallon, down 38 cents from peaking in late February. The motor club says roughly [...]
Winthrop officials say a pair of coyote have been spotted in the woods in and around the Winthrop Farm, and are encouraging visitors to use caution in and around the area. In a statement Wednesday from Winthrop officials, the school has received a permit from the S.C. Department of Natural Resources to trap the animals. [...]
Retiring Winthrop University President Anthony DiGiorgio says he wants the school he’s headed for 24 years to be infused in Rock Hill and not be a gated community. DiGiorgio spoke during Wednesday’s State of the Community Breakfast. DiGiorgio told those gathered at the Rock Hill Country Club that there’s every opportunity for a major active [...]
A Rock Hill man pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday after police arrested him more than a year ago for outstanding warrants. D’Vario Crocker, who is now 24, pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. In February 2012, police found Crocker on Simrill Street with a loaded .40 caliber handgun in [...]
[codepeople-post-map]Ahead of Rock Hill School District’s Three’s roll-out of iPads to students in grades 4-8 this fall, the first of a number of parent demonstrations of the tablet computers is set for this week. The Rock Hill chapter of the NAACP is sponsoring the demonstration on Thursday, May 23 at 7 p.m. at First Calvary [...]
