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iRock parent education to start

Rock Hill school district wants parent to understand their responsibility in digital learning initiative.

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Funding for nurse to help sexual assault victims at Safe Passage cut

With eliminating of funds victims now will go to Piedmont Medical Center.
LOCAL NEWS

Survey points to value of liberal arts education

Incoming Winthrop president sees value of liberal arts education.
LOCAL NEWS

Lawsuit claims faulty valve caused Catawba plant explosion that burned four

Three victims burned after a valve failed have filed suit against the companies that built the valve and distributed it.
ANDREW DYS

Survivor of Catawba mill explosion still recovering a year later

Wayne Vinson was blinded and burned over almost 70 percent of his body in an explosion at the Resolute Forest Products plant outside Rock Hill on May 19, 2012. He has endured incredible pain and surgeries and skin grafts and still hopes to see again.
LOCAL NEWS

Coroner: Gilbert man, 72, killed in tractor accident

Lancaster County Coroner Mike Morris says a tractor hauling a plow flipped over on Friday afternoon, killing a man from Gilbert, S.C.
CRIME

Deputy stops Clover thief from taking 13 cartons of cigarettes

The York County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man who they say broke into a Clover gas station early Thursday morning and tried to steal $400 worth of cigarettes.
CRIME

Smyrna man reports 3 goats stolen from farm

Goat owner suspects previous buyer stole young goats while he was not home, according to a York County Sheriff’s Office report.
CRIME

Teacher assaulted by student at Carowinds

The York County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a teacher’s claim that a student punched her in the face while on a field trip earlier this month.
CRIME

York County law enforcement forum planned

A local political action group is hosting a question-and-answer session with York County Sheriff Bruce Bryant, Rock Hill Police Chief Chris Watts and Winthrop University Chief of Police Frank Zebedis next month.
EDUCATION

SC State president says university ‘in a better place’ after probe

Cynthia Warrick will step down as interim president of South Carolina State University at the end of May after an 11-month tenure beset by numerous challenges.