GREENVILLE (AP) The biological parents of a 2-year-old boy who fell into a pool and died in 2016 are suing the boy’s foster parents. The Greenville News reports two lawsuits were filed Aug. 6 on behalf of Njamena Wilcox and William Patrick Henry ...

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GREENVILLE (AP) The mother of a teen who was shot and killed outside a South Carolina bowling alley has sued the business, saying it failed to protect her son. The Greenville News reported that LaToya Robinson sued Tri-City Lanes on July 2 ...

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GREENVILLE (AP) A sheriff’s deputy in South Carolina has been fired following an internal investigation and five other deputies have been reprimanded. The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that Deputy Jared Stroud was fired for “untruthfulness.” ...

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GREENVILLE (AP) A former county councilman in South Carolina has died after he fell from a tree while working on a friend’s property. Greenville County Deputy Coroner Jeff Fowler said that 63-year-old Harold Anthony Trout died July 26 after he fell ...

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SPARTANBURG (AP) Authorities say a service technician for a heating and air company appears to have been electrocuted while working. Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Clevenger said 35-year-old Andrew Middlebrough of Greenville was found dead June 20 at a manufacturing plant ...

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GREENVILLE (AP) Police in one South Carolina city are phasing out in-car dashboard cameras in favor of body cameras. The Greenville News reported June 25 that the Greenville Police Department’s change could impact agency transparency, as unlike dashboard cameras, body cameras aren’t ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) By securing the Republican gubernatorial nomination, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has come a step closer to reaping the payoff of what may have been the biggest political risk of his life. McMaster has spent years in government ...

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GREENVILLE (AP) A woman who has sued a South Carolina sheriff has agreed to drop the county and county administrator from the claim. A former employee of now-suspended Greenville County Sheriff Will Lewis had sued the sheriff, the sheriff’s department, ...

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GREENVILLE (AP) — A South Carolina sheriff suspended this week after being charged with misconduct in office and obstruction of justice has pleaded not guilty. Suspended Greenville County Sheriff Will Lewis was arraigned April 19 and was given a bond that ...

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GREENVILLE (AP) A prosecutor in South Carolina said he will no longer release the names of police officers who shoot at people unless they are criminally charged because they deserve the same right of privacy as a regular citizen. But ...

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