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Bittersweet reunion for Air Force unit return

Submitted by Taylor Kearns on Friday, April 26th, 12:14 am

SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, SC (WIS)- About 100 airmen were reunited with their families Thursday night at Shaw Air Force Base.

They were coming back from a six-month deployment to Afghanistan.

It had all of the hallmarks of a happy homecoming: mothers hugging sons. Wives waiting on husbands. And kids hoping to live up to their parents.

After six months in Afghanistan, this was much needed.

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Report: Man arrested after locking co-workers in recycling center

Submitted by Tenessa Jennings, Community Web Producer

Thursday, April 25th, 2013, 9:54am

Report: Man arrested after locking co-workers in recycling center

Not everyone is expected to like one another, but one man took his dislike for a colleague to the extreme when he locked two workers inside a recycling center, according to Sumter County Sheriff’s Office.

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Midlands schools make U.S. News Best High Schools rankings

Submitted by Tenessa Jennings, Community Web Producer

Thursday, April 25th, 2013, 8:30am

Midlands schools make U.S. News Best High Schools rankings

In a recent release, more than a handful of Midland schools were ranked on a list for U.S. News Best High Schools, according to U.S. News.

In the 2013 U.S. News Best High Schools rankings, there are two South Carolina schools with gold medals, 17 with silver medals and 29 with bronze medals.

Three Midlands schools placed in the top ten.

Dutch Fork High School in Irmo was ranked at #3, while Chapin High School trailed behind ranked #4 and Lexington High School at #9.

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Bojangles' Teacher of the Year Celebration

Submitted by Marissa Silver, Community Blogger

Wednesday, April 24th, 2013, 2:33pm

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Driver fired, student charged after fight on school bus

Submitted by Jason Old, Digital Content Director

Wednesday, April 24th, 2013, 2:00pm

SUMTER COUNTY, SC (WIS)- A Crestwood High School student is facing an assault charge and a bus driver is out of a job after a scuffle on a school bus last month.

Jasmine Robinson, 17, was charged with simple assault after the early morning incident in the bus unloading zone at Crestwood High School March 1.

After a Sumter School District investigation, the driver, 61-year-old Delores Rainwater, was fired, a spokesperson for the district said.

The incident, according to a sheriff's department incident report, happened on bus #908 around 8:15 a.m.

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Gamblers Return From Deployment

Submitted by Tenessa Jennings, Community Web Producer

Wednesday, April 24th, 2013, 10:43am

Members of the 77th Fighter Squadron, the Gambler Aircraft Maintenance Unit and the 20th Operations Support Squadron are scheduled to return from a 6-month deployment April 25, at 8 a.m., on the Shaw AFB flight line.

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Amazon adding hundreds of new jobs

Submitted by Tenessa Jennings, Community Web Producer

Wednesday, April 24th, 2013, 9:20am

Amazon announced on Wednesday it is hiring for hundreds of new positions at its site in Columbia, South Carolina.

According to a news release, the hourly positions will pick, pack and ship customer orders. All employees will receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes both health insurance and company stock awards.

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