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Bad weather has taught me several lessons:
Downy woodpeckers fancy themselves as firefighters. Most of our feeders hang from a tall, skinny metal pole with a crossbar. Our downies – both male and female – love to land near the top of the pole and slide 2 or 3 feet before hopping over to the suet cage. When they’ve had their fill of suet, they take a flying leap to the mixed seed diner for dessert.
Occasionally they visit the pole just to enjoy the slide. Then you can almost hear them laughing and shouting “Wheeeeee…”
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Authorities held an intervention hearing in Family Court on Tuesday in reference to the baby that was critically injured in January when police say he was shaken by his father.
Military wives and mothers who have spent the past month worried about bombs and guns in Afghanistan where their York County family members are deployed took a sideswipe from a different villain the past few days – Mother Nature.
A new breakfast and lunch café has opened in downtown Rock Hill.
The Café opened in December at 1184 E. White St. and serves country-style meals, including hamburgers, hot dogs, lasagna, barbecue and meat loaf.
The breakfast menu is available all day, and includes French toast, pancakes, omelets and more.
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Jenny Sanford told CNN's Larry King Live Monday she did not enjoy being first lady. Sanford made the comment off camera. But King asked her to elaborate on camera on the live show Monday night. Sanford said there were times she enjoyed the experience.
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Voters in Tega Cay are choosing a City Council member in a special election today.
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A Rock Hill man, who was drunk and high at the time of a crash that killed his passenger last May, was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday.
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Police hope a gas tank cover, headlight and other car parts will lead them to the driver who witnesses say struck a pedestrian in Rock Hill late Monday night, fracturing his leg.
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For more than a decade, Violet Infinger had been praying with students in Georgetown High School's auditorium. But school district officials in the South Carolina town have ended that.
