Riley Friddle was unforgettable. The white-blond hair, the Clemson clothes, the fight against brain cancer that no child should ever have to fight for all of the four years of her life.
The need for donations at local food pantries is particularly great this holiday season, but most charities say the amount of food coming in has failed to keep pace.
Jim Faris opened his Rock Hill store, Hobby Stop, on Thursday to find it had been burglarized. Paint thinner from his own shelves coated the checkout counter, and pocket knives from the front display case were thrown across the store. His office was ransacked, and the lines to security cameras, phones and computers were cut and ripped from walls and ceilings.
South Pointe's Ce-Ce Jones dives into the end zone to score the first touchdown of the game Friday at South Pointe as James Island's Shawn Fludd can't make the stop. South Pointe defeated James Island 42-0 and will meet city rival Northwestern, a 42-6 winner over Hartsville, in the Class AAAA Division II Upper State championship on Friday. For more game details, click here.
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With the team struggling to make a shot outside of the paint, it's little wonder that Winthrop's practices on Thursday and Friday had a little more emphasis on shooting the ball.
Police say a woman has died after being struck along with nine children by a car outside an Alabama middle school.
South Korean Buddhist monks headed to North Korea on Saturday for a joint ceremony with monks there, showing the countries continue civil exchange despite a bloody naval skirmish earlier this month.
California's unemployment rate rose to 12.5 percent in October to set another modern record, even though more than 25,000 Californians found jobs, the state Employment Development Department reported Friday.
Liberty Hill AME Zion Church, Lake Wylie: Reconstructing the Family conference, 9:15 a.m. today and 10 a.m. worship Sunday. Sessions will be for marriage enrichment, singles, youth and children. Free and open to the public.
The Winthrop women's basketball team was defeated by the Towson Tigers 56-46 in the WNIT consolation bracket Friday.
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