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8:30 am on Sunday April 24, 2011
Discovering a Boy of the Waxhaws
Photo by Becky Billingsley
The Boy of the Waxhaws by Anna Hyatt Huntington
It was recognizable across a wide field; a statue near Rock Hill of a young Andrew Jackson on a horse had to have been made by Anna Hyatt Huntington.
After closer inspection...
9:09 pm on Sunday April 10, 2011
Missing Midlands toddler kept warm by dog goes missing again; Arrests made
The parents of 22-month-old Tyler Jacobson in Kershaw are now in jail facing charges of unlawful neglect of a child.
Kershaw is a small town in South Carolina's midlands near Rock Hill and boasts a population of only a couple thousand, so it was a...
5:54 pm on Monday March 21, 2011
S.C. road sign warns: 'Zombies Ahead'
Image by Flickr user underbitemanOK, so this isn't a Charleston story, but some things are just too good to pass up.
This comes to us out of Rock Hill, where some pranksters messed with SCDOT road signs, getting them to display "Zombies Ahead" and "...
10:00 am on Monday March 21, 2011
S.C. road sign warns: "Zombies Ahead"
Flickr user underbiteman
OK, so this isn't a Beaufort story, but some things are just too good to pass up.
This comes to us out of Rock Hill where some pranksters messed with SCDOT road signs, getting them to display "Zombies Ahead" and "Be Alert...
7:33 am on Wednesday May 5, 2010
Escaped emu goes on a joy run
Image by Flickr user Drome What do you get when you cross a 6-foot emu, a 10 block police chase and a fishing net?
The bizarre emu chase that involved over 50 people trying to snag one rogue emu on the streets of Rock Hill, of course.
Get a load of...
5:00 am on Tuesday January 5, 2010
South Carolina man admits to running Ponzi scheme, headed to the slammer
A South Carolina man has admitted to stealing around $2.5 million from at least 35 people in a Ponzi scheme dating back to 1995.
The former Rock Hill insurance agent and investment broker is facing up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to...
12:00 pm on Friday September 25, 2009
Aggressive owls result in closure of upstate trail
Image by Flickr user webheathcloseupImage by 20090925-owl.jpg
Rock Hill's Cherry Park had to close a section of their walking trail due to some feisty owls that attacked two people in the park earlier this week.
3:39 am on Friday August 7, 2009
With a face plant in the dirt: Lightning strikes York man for second time
Image by Flickr user longhorndave Image by 20090807-lightning.jpgApparently lightning is vain.
Hop over to The Rock Hill Herald for the story.
9:36 am on Sunday February 15, 2009
Lead wrestler unexpectedly fails, Fort Dorchester falls in state final
Rock Hill took out Fort Dorchester 28-24 to win the Class AAAA state wrestling championship.
It looks like it was a rather dramatic face-off, with Dorchester having the lead going into the second-to-last match where Dorchester was to win big.
The...
4:21 am on Thursday January 15, 2009
Rock Hill man on next season of Survivor
Jerry Sims, 49, is one of 16 castaways vying for a $1 million prize on the next season of Survivor.
CBSHere's a bit about him from his bio over at CBS:
A 1st Sergeant and specialist in Nuclear Operations, Sims just recently returned from a tour of...
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