Rock Hill's textile industry that was the city's industrial lifeblood is long dead.
But Friday afternoon — through smoke seen as far away as Charlotte and Chester County — the textile building that gave tens of thousands of people the money for homes and cars and better lives for themselves and their kids took a final stake through its heart as fire destroyed much of the vacant Rock Hill Printing & Finishing Co. Bleachery.
Friday's fire at the Bleachery shows the need for renewed urgency in getting the dilapidated building torn down, Rock Hill Mayor Doug Echols said.
“We've got to work harder, everyone involved,” Echols said. “It's a safety hazard.”
Divers pulled the body of a 27-year-old Charlotte man from the Catawba River near Interstate 77 around noon Friday after he drowned, officials said.
Maggie Jones, 4, shows her support for Uncle Sam Thursday during Woodhaven Baptist Church CDC's annual Fourth of July parade.
Alex Moore was on his back at a small medical clinic in Maniwaki, Ottawa, Canada, for five hours waiting for his left leg to become completely anesthetized so the doctors could get to work.
Terrified residents canceled Fourth of July plans and holed up in their homes Friday as investigators hunted a serial killer believed to have shot four people to death.
A look at North Korea's missile arsenal:
President Hugo Chavez's government assumed control of Venezuela's third-largest bank on Friday - making the state the largest player in the nation's banking system.
So you make a late payment on your credit card every once in a while. No big deal, right?
Wrong.
The Winthrop women's basketball team will be among the 16-team field in the 2009 Preseason Women's National Invitation Tournament.
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