Charities See Rising Need as South Carolina Reaches Holiday Crunch
Unemployment and higher demand push South Carolina nonprofits to serve more families. Harvest Hope Emergency Food Bank reports more pantry use in 2003 than all of 2002, with 100 plus families served daily since June, while donations trend down and food stamps rise 62 percent from 2001 to 2003.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Harvest Hope Emergency Food Bank
Harvest Hope
Dolly G. Patton
Alexa Booth
South Carolina Association of Nonprofit Organizations
Booth
Daniel Borochoff
American Institute of Philanthropy
State Department of Social Services
Jellyfish warning as venomous Man o War spotted off South Carolina
South Carolina beachgoers warned after Portuguese man of war jellyfish spotted 3 to 4 miles offshore near Morris and Sullivan islands on November 12. Biologists counted about 10 at 75 square meters. November 17 inspection found none. Folly Beach sighting reported. contact authorities if found.
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Columbia
South Carolina
State Natural Resources Department
Morris and
Sullivans Islands
Mike Arendt
Christy Turner
Folly Beach
Columbia teen escapee charged with multiple robberies
A 17 year old Columbia boy who escaped a juvenile prison is arrested and charged with armed robbery and car jacking. He is linked to a Nov 2 carjacking and Oct 23 armed robbery at a sporting goods store, plus a Nov 18 robbery at a discount store. He escaped with a 16 year old companion found in Myrtle Beach.
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Columbia
Raymond Harrison
State Department of
Harrison
Myrtle Beach
Juvenile Justice
Loretta Neal
Neal
DJJ
Alvin Glenn
Columbia Man Shot to Death Near Five Points
Ricky Bell, 39, died after being shot once in the abdomen on a street near Five Points in Columbia. Police heard gunshots and a projectile struck a home around midnight Tuesday. Bell was found in the street and later pronounced dead at Palmetto Health Richland.
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Columbia
Five Points
Ricky Bell
Palmetto Health
Richland
Richland County
Gary Watts
Bell
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