Sumter shooting victims' families may seek state aid
Victims’ families may receive up to four thousand dollars for funeral expenses from the state Crime Victims' Compensation Fund with an additional similar amount for medical bills counseling or lost wages. Stephen Corey Bryant 23 of Sumter is charged with three counts of murder and two counts of first degree burglary.
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Sumter
Sumter County
Stephen Corey Bryant
Clifton Gainey
Willard Tietjen
Christopher Earl Burgess
Bryant
Sumter-Lee
State Crime Victims’ Compensation Fund
Gwen Herod
Sumter Shooting Victims to Receive Funeral and Medical Aid
Families of three Sumter shooting victims will receive up to 4000 dollars to cover funeral costs and similar amounts for medical bills counseling or lost wages. The funds come from the Crime Victims Compensation Fund, financed by court fines and administered by the governor's office. Stephen Corey Bryant, 23, is charged with killing three men as the case unfolds. The program began in the mid-1980s and is funded by crime defendants' fines, a self supporting system.
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Stephen Corey Bryant
Sumter
Sumter County
Federal grant funds emergency phone systems for area schools
The U S Education Department awarded over 1 million dollars to Charleston and Georgetown county districts and to Richland District 2 and Rock Hill School District to run Connect-Ed. The system will notify more than 16 000 students and parents within about four minutes about emergencies or events using up to six contact numbers per student. Associate Superintendent Lynn Moody cites timely alerts for incidents such as field trips and bus delays.
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Rock Hill
U.S. Education Department
Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools
Charleston
Georgetown County
Richland District
Charleston County
Lynn Moody
Church leader warns lands for reconciliation running out
Charleston reports that Anglican officials debate the Episcopal Church’s consecration of a gay bishop. Rev. Kendall Harmon says the church faces a marriage in separation with high stakes for divorce or reconciliation. The U S presiding bishop expressed regret for turmoil but not repenting the appointment. The Episcopal Church has 2.3 million members in the United States.
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Charleston
Episcopal Church
Kendall S. Harmon
Diocese of
South Carolina
Harmon
London
U.S. Episcopal Church
W. Gene Robinson
New Hampshire
U.S
Anglican Communion
Summerville
National Church
Robinson
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