GREENVILLE — After spending months under a cloud of suspicion because of a 10-minute videotape, state trooper Steve Garren walked out of a federal courthouse Friday afternoon a free and jubilant man.

Dozens of volunteers on Friday turned an empty classroom at Rock Hill schools’ Flexible Learning Center into a mini food packing factory.

LAKE WYLIE — About a half-dozen business leaders from Rock Hill, Fort Mill and Lake Wylie gathered Friday at the Lake Wylie Chamber of Commerce to declare their support for the Nov. 4 referendum on Sunday alcohol sales countywide.

CHARLOTTE — Charlotte had one of the highest ratings in the nation for Thursday’s vice presidential debate — even higher than Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON — Rep. Gresham Barrett jumped on board the bailout express Friday as all six House members from South Carolina helped Congress pass a $700 billion financial rescue bill.

LAKE WYLIE— About a half-dozen business leaders from Rock Hill, Fort Mill and Lake Wylie gathered today at the Lake Wylie Chamber of Commerce to declare their support for the Nov. 4 referendum on countywide Sunday alcohol sales.

Dave Wiggins Jr. is 5 foot 9, 100 pounds soaking wet. He had the look of your average 13-year-old kid as he prepared Thursday for a Par 5 approach on Hole No. 12 of the U.S. Disc Golf Championship at Winthrop University.

Don Kent can't imagine his life without the railroad.

YORK — A CrimeStoppers tip led authorities to a York man during a drug probe, police said.

Yard cart program starts in Rock Hill

YORK -- A Fort Mill man was arrested this week after police said he was huffing gasoline as he walked down the street.

About 55 years ago on a Saturday morning, on his granddaddy's farm out where half-million-dollar homes now sit between Celanese Road and the Catawba River, a stranger with a guitar strapped over his back walked up to where little kid Willie Roach stood on the porch. The man put a foot on the porch step.

WASHINGTON -- When U.S. Rep. J. Gresham Barrett went home to his district this week, his constituents were still hopping mad over the financial bailout that the House of Representatives, with the South Carolina Republican's help, had just defeated.

The Rock Hill Police Department will reorganize its personnel, a move that will essentially demote some senior officers while allowing other officers a chance to move up the department ladder.

YORK — A Fort Mill man is in custody this morning after police said he walked along a road huffing gasoline, police said.

COLUMBIA -- Four out of five of South Carolina's schools did not meet 2008 targets under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

Fewer elementary and middle schools than ever before in York County and across the state reached federal student achievement goals this year, according to results released Wednesday.

YORK — A York man locked family members inside their house and refused to let them leave because he was upset that a stepdaughter did not “adequately clean her bedroom,” police say.

Editor’s note: The York County Roundup is a weekly look at highlights from The Herald’s sister weekly newspapers, the Lake Wylie Pilot, Fort Mill Times and Enquirer-Herald. The publications come out Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, respectively, and are available across the county.

YORK — A York woman facing eviction set fire to a pile of blankets inside a mobile home, causing thousands of dollars in damage, according to police.