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  1. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Michael Owens

    First Chapin council meeting since walkout ends with no quorum as only mayor, councilman show up (opens the original)

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    CHAPIN, S.C. (WIS) - The first Chapin Town Council meeting since a walkout of council members ended not long after it began Tuesday. With only Mayor Bill Mitchell and councilman Warren Burritt in attendance, there was no quorum and the meeting could not proceed. Council members Ainslee Bost, Mike Clonts and Vicky Shealy were absent. “We’ve had a regular scheduled monthly meeting that’s posted on our website, required by law, that we post all 12 dates,” Mitchell said Tuesday. “As you can see, we

  2. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Michael Owens

    ‘We don’t want to short ourselves’: McMaster opposes suspending SC gas tax as prices hit $4 a gallon (opens the original)

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    COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - As the average price of gas in South Carolina hit $4 per gallon on Tuesday, Gov. Henry McMaster voiced opposition to calls for suspending the state’s gas tax. “With this gas tax, that’s where most of the state money comes from to build roads,” the governor told reporters Tuesday. “So if we reduce that tax, we’d be cutting into that money. And I don’t think that’s a good idea, because roads are long-term.” The comments come as state lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have

  3. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Michael Owens

    ‘Or what?’ Chapin council meeting ends with members walking out on mayor (opens the original)

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    CHAPIN, S.C. (WIS) - Another meeting of Chapin Town Council ended in turmoil Thursday night as members of the council walked out on Mayor Bill Mitchell. The meeting, streamed on the town’s Facebook page, is another in a series of heated meetings as tensions between Mitchell and other council members have boiled over in public. It also follows efforts by the four members of council to curtail and clarify Mitchell’s responsibilities in office, as well as a dispute over whether the mayor had sole a

  4. Article · Sep 8, 2026 · Michael Owens

    Alex Murdaugh retrial to take place in Sumter County, judge rules (opens the original)

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    SUMTER COUNTY, S.C. (WIS) - Alex Murdaugh’s second murder trial will take place in the Midlands. Judge Debra McCaslin ruled Tuesday that the former Lowcountry lawyer and alleged killer’s retrial for the deaths of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, will take place in Sumter County. McCaslin’s ruling states that proceedings in Colleton County, where Murdaugh was originally found guilty of the murders in 2023, would not have produced a fair trial. “The court finds that Sumter County provides an appro

  5. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · Michael Owens

    ‘His name will not be forgotten’: Midlands honors fallen Columbia police officer Chris DeLong (opens the original)

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    COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook made it clear before a full audience at Irmo’s Riverland Baptist Church that slain officer Chris DeLong would forever be a part of his department. “His badge will not be forgotten. His sacrifice will not be forgotten. His family will not be forgotten. His name will not be forgotten,” Holbrook said during his eulogy for DeLong at a memorial service in Irmo. DeLong, 28, was fatally shot while responding to a domestic violence call on Aug.

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