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Blacksburg Gaffney Kings CreekSC's jobless rate at record high 12.6 percent (Spartanburg Herald-Journal)
A man looks for work on a job Web site at a job placement center on Wednesday in Menlo Park, Calif. South Carolina's jobless rate hit a record 12.6 percent in January, up from December's revised rate of 12.4 percent, the S.C. Employment Security Commission reported Wednesday.Thieves target farm equipment (The Hendersonville Times-News) By John Harbin Times-News Staff Writer Several farmers in Henderson County have had farm equipment stolen recently, but no arrests have been made in what the farmers believe may be a large theft ring.
SC's jobless rate at record high 12.6 percent (Spartanburg Herald-Journal) South Carolina's jobless rate hit a record 12.6 percent in January, up from December's revised rate of 12.4 percent, the S.C. Employment Security Commission reported Wednesday.
Coyote Trapper: Problem Only Going To Get Worse (WSPA Spartanburg) Newschannel 7 follows an upstate coyote trapper throught a Greenville County neighborhood, where the animals have attacked several pets.
Across the USA News from every state (USA Today) News from every state
Church happenings | March 12, 2010 (The Rock Hill Herald) Chestnut Grove AME Zion Church, Chester: Twelve Tribe Rally, 6 p.m. Sunday.
Outdoors calendar (Asheville Citizen-Times) Submit items one week in advance for the Outdoors Calendar, a weekly listing of hiking, mountain biking, paddling, running and other activities in Western North Carolina.
200 Teachers Selected to Attend the National Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) IRVING, Texas----The Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy today selected 200 elementary school teachers from across the country to learn innovative new math and science teaching skills at three academies to be held this summer.
Family Didn't Call 911, Feared They'd Be Charged (WLTX-TV Columbia) SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) -- A fire marshal says two South Carolina residents didn't call for help in a house fire because they were afraid they would have to pay for the firefighters.
Spiller hopes to push SCFCL to new heights (The Index-Journal) Helen Spiller, of Greenwood, was elected as president of the South Carolina Family and Community Leaders (SCFCL) organization in January. (Staff photo by T.M. James)