Author: Seanna Adcox
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Monument sought to recognize blacks who served Confederacy
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Blacks in South Carolina who served in the Confederate military, many of them slaves pressed into duty, would be recognized with a Statehouse monument under a proposal by two white Republican lawmakers. State Reps. Bill Chumley and Mike Burns said Monday they want to recognize African-Americans whose courage has been purposely discounted…
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Medical pot bill in S. Carolina bolstered by conservatives
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Rep. Eric Bedingfield once shunned all marijuana use, but when his eldest son’s six-year struggle with opioid addiction ended with his overdose a year ago, the conservative Republican co-sponsored medical cannabis legislation. “My mindset has changed from somebody who looked down on it as a negative substance to saying, ‘This…
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Mistrial declared in black motorist’s shooting by officer
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A South Carolina judge declared a mistrial Monday after a jury deadlocked in the murder trial of a white former police officer charged in the shooting death of an unarmed black motorist. A panel of one black and 11 white jurors — who had seemed close to a verdict to convict Friday,…
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Successful real-estate firm built during hidden crime spree
WOODRUFF, S.C. — As he built a successful real estate firm, Todd Kohlhepp’s behavior struck some as odd: watching pornographic videos during work, making macabre jokes in marketing literature and openly discussing that he was a sex offender. But he was also an award-winning agent described as a hard worker and good boss. All the…
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Authorities: 3rd body found on South Carolina man’s property
WOODRUFF, S.C. — Investigators discovered a third body on the property of a South Carolina man who is now linked to seven deaths and the kidnapping of a woman who was found chained inside a storage container, authorities said Monday. Todd Kohlhepp, 45, became a suspect after the woman was found Thursday chained by her…
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Captive’s rescue leads to break in grisly quadruple slaying
CHESNEE, S.C. — For 13 years, the relatives came together periodically to grieve of one of South Carolina’s grisliest mass shootings and compare leads with stumped investigators. On Sunday, they gathered again on the anniversary of the crime — this time in a Spartanburg courtroom after an unexpected break led to the man who, authorities…
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Body found on land where woman was chained up ‘like a dog’
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — A woman who was “chained up like a dog” for weeks in a dark storage container was lured to her captor’s South Carolina property for a cleaning job, a family friend said Friday as search teams digging up the area found one body and looked for more. Authorities were “trying to…