Absentee ballot surge reshapes South Carolina voting trends
Voters statewide queue for hours to vote absentee as laws like motor voter boost absentee applications. Richland County reports 12,000 applications, Charleston 9,100, Greenville 7,500, with totals rising statewide and experts noting potential impact on a close lottery referendum.
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Syphilis rates remain high in South Carolina counties
South Carolina stays in the top 10 worst states for syphilis as Lancaster and Greenwood counties rank among the nation’s 28 worst. Lancaster led the state with 56 cases per 100 000 in 1999 while Greenwood logged 42.7 per 100 000, as the CDC targets high burden counties for elimination efforts using federal funds.
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South Carolina
Lancaster County
Federal
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
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DHEC
Man Arrested After Plane Spots Grass Fire Near Cherokee County
A state Forestry Commission plane witnessed a man, Oliver Miles Fowler, 79, start a grass fire in a Cherokee County field. Ground police arrested him on a willful and malicious burning charge. The fire burned under an acre, near a prior suspicious fire from the previous day.
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State Forestry Commission
Cherokee County
Oliver Miles Fowler
Worldtex to close Lexington plant cutting 150 jobs
Worldtex Inc will close its Lexington plant later this year, eliminating about 150 jobs to help pay off 200 million in debt. The Hickory based firm bought the plant from Fruit of the Loom in 1998 and will move production to Hemingway North Carolina and to operations in Alabama and Virginia, with Dec 31 as the closing date.
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