Schools battle hidden heart disease in athletes in South Carolina
A Columbia State survey shows only 12 of 133 schools have campus defibrillators while heart screenings cost up to 1500 dollars. Experts urge on-site devices and better access to echocardiograms, with nonprofits like A Heart For Sports seeking to lower costs for student athletes.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Mack Harvey
Dutch Fork High School
Camden High
Dutch Fork High
Marcus Warren
Vic Sims
Junior
Lynne Berucha
Holly Morrell
A Heart For Sports
Morrell
Lancaster Guardsmen Ready to Deploy to Iraq
A Lancaster based South Carolina National Guard unit, the 178th Field Artillery Battalion with 375 members, is set to deploy January 3. They will train 30 to 45 days at Fort Stewart Georgia before joining group troops in Iraq, with several Lancaster County deputies mobilized and the sheriff noting strain on remaining staff.
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Rock Hill
178Th Field Artillery
South Carolina National Guard
Middle East
Pete Brooks
National Guard
Fort Stewart
Georgia
Iraq
Brooks
Lancaster County
Johnny Cauthen
Police capture escaped inmate after weeks on the run
John Griffin Jr. 20 was arrested in a Lexington County mobile home after escaping December 19 from Ridgeland Correctional Institution. Two others, Sabrina Bailey 20 and Joe Blackmon 17, were charged with harboring a fugitive. Shawn Wiles 24 was captured after a high speed chase in Saluda. Melissa Miller 17 was charged with aiding a fugitive.
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Columbia
John Griffin Jr
Lexington County
Robert Stewart
Griffin
Sabrina K. Bailey
Joe Blackmon
Shawn Wiles
Ridgeland Correctional Institution
Wiles
Saluda
Melissa Miller
Batesburg- Leesville
Po Pod
Sai
Teens Charged in Regional Crime Spree Killing Store Manager
Two teens Jaquan Ferrell 16 and Rodney Parker 17 both of Orangeburg County were arrested Saturday and charged with murder in the death of grocery store manager Jack Savage after a robbery. They face additional counts in armed robbery and carjackings across Richland Orangeburg and Jasper counties. A third suspect Leroy Bowers 20 was arrested last week on related charges but not for Savage's death.
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Columbia
Jaquan Dwight Ferrell
Rodney R. Parker
Orangeburg
Kent Tisdale
Colleton County
Jasper
Leroy Marquives
Froggy” Bowers
Savage
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Leon Hogan
Ssociated Press
Isociated Press
Seiko
Porky Bradberry
Whiskey Road
Merry Fitness
ORA
Gold's
Aiken
Wal-Mart
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