Woman charged in thefts of $1.5M worth of Hobby Lobby merchandise
A Fort Mill woman is charged in the theft of more than a million dollars worth of merchandise from Hobby Lobby Stores across the Carolinas. On Tuesday, a loss prevention employee at the chain’s Rock Hill store recognized 58-year-old Marie Steele in the store from a Be On the Lookout order issued by the company’s [...]
Latest county budget talks: 1.5 mill increase, one percent cost of living raise
York County’s final budget is just days from a definitive vote and council Wednesday appears to be moving forward with a 1.5 mill increase to pay down debt service. At a budget workshop Wednesday night, councilman Bump Roddey supported both the 1.5 mill increase for debt service and a tax increase for the county’s general [...]
Terrorism Expert: American Muslims are safer than European Muslims
Are American Muslims less likely than European Muslims to launch terrorist attacks? A local expert on terrorism says yes. Chris Van Aller is a political science professor at Winthrop University, and says that’s because the United States does a far better job of integrating Muslims into society than European nations do. Van Aller says he’s [...]
Funeral plans set for Rock Hill boy who died in Boone hotel room
Funeral services for 11-year-old Jeffrey Williams are set for this weekend in Rock Hill. Williams died Saturday in a Boone hotel, the third of three said to be dead likely due to carbon monoxide poisoning. A service for Williams is scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church of Rock Hill. Jeffrey’s mother, Jeannie [...]
Authorities seize $7,000 in fake OtterBox cases shipped from Hong Kong
York County Sheriff’s Deputies seized $7,250 in counterfeit OtterBox iPad and phone cases Monday. Sheriff’s Office spokesman Constable Trent Faris said an OtterBox employee first alerted authorities to the fake cases after they were shipped to a Rock Hill business from an address in Hong Kong. The subject in the investigation told sheriff’s deputies he [...]
York man fires shots at deputy; later arrested by SWAT officers
York County’s SWAT team arrested a York man early Monday morning after deputies say he fired shots at a deputy trying to arrest him. Police say they used a K-9 team to track 23-year-old Johnny Benfield in the woods off Sutton Springs Road after reportedly assaulting a man in a domestic dispute earlier in the [...]
DOT crews fix gaping hole on I-77 bridge over Porter Road
A developing hole on an I-77 overpass in York County shut down a lane traffic Tuesday as State Department of Transportation employees planned to continue work into the nighttime hours to fix a potentially dangerous cavity on the highway. DOT Engineer John McCarter acknowledged the hole is a problem — and aging bridges across the [...]
