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Residents concerned with tree clearing in Duncan Park

Not far from his residence on Forest Avenue, David Satterfield can see property that was once full of towering trees and lush vegetation now cleared and covered with a layer of mulch.

 

Prosecutor: No charges against boy's mother in gorilla case

A prosecutor Monday announced no charges will be brought against the mother of the little boy who got into the gorilla exhibit at the Cincinnati Zoo, saying the 3-year-old "just scampered off" as children sometimes do.

 

Tropical storm watch posted for lower South Carolina coast

The National Hurricane Center has posted a tropical storm watch for the lower South Carolina coast as Tropical Storm Colin spins in the Gulf of Mexico.

 

NPR journalist David Gilkey, translator killed on assignment

David Gilkey, a veteran news photographer and video editor for National Public Radio, and an Afghan translator, Zabihullah Tamanna, were killed while on assignment in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, the network says.

 

Vets, families remember Normandy D-Day landings, 72 years on

Proud veterans in their 90s and families of fallen soldiers are commemorating the epochal D-Day invasion of Normandy 72 years ago that helped the Allies vanquish Hitler.

 

SC property owner groups weigh costs of rebuilding dams

Eight months after many parts of central South Carolina were devastated by historic flooding, some Richland County property owners are preparing for a future without the placid lakes that increased their land values and made life pleasant.

 

SCDOT proposes bridge replacements

Bridge replacements will be the topic at an SCDOT meeting Tuesday.

 

Polk County, NC, man dies at waterfalls

Officials say a man has died after falling 50 feet from a rock at High Falls Waterfall in DuPont State Forest.

 

Authorities: Florida man killed in midair SC skydiving crash

LOWRYS — Deputies in South Carolina say a skydiver killed after a midair crash fell about 14,000 feet to his death.

 

I-85 widening in Cherokee County could begin in 2018

Plans are moving forward for the long-awaited widening of Interstate 85 along a 10-mile stretch in Cherokee County from just west of the Broad River to the North Carolina state line.

 

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