Meg Kinnard

March 13, 2008 | Daily Report Online

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. AP - The mystery of a couple who disappeared from this tiny resort island has deepened with the apparent suicide of a business executive just hours after he was named a person of interest in the case.John and Elizabeth Calvert had been in the process of severing their ties with the company Dennis Ray Gerwing worked for when they disappeared March 3.

By MEG KINNARD

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April 25, 2012 | Daily Report Online

COLUMBIA, S.C. AP - The former accounting director of the South Carolina Hospitality Association pleaded guilty Wednesday to embezzling about $500,000 from the group, and prosecutors said she appeared to have been intimately involved with the director who killed himself earlier this year.Rachel Duncan, 41, entered the plea to wire fraud and tax evasion charges in U.

By Meg Kinnard

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June 07, 2007 | Daily Report Online

COLUMBIA, S.C. AP - South Carolina filed a long-awaited federal lawsuit that seeks to stop North Carolina from draining millions of gallons of water from a river that flows across the state line, officials said Thursday.South Carolina opposes plans by the North Carolina cities of Concord and Kannapolis to pump up to 10 million gallons a day from the Catawba River.

By Meg Kinnard

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April 24, 2007 | Daily Report Online

DARLINGTON, S.C. AP - Hands swollen from where they had ripped off their duct tape bonds, two teen girls told police a harrowing tale last year: A man they knew had kidnapped them and raped them in an underground bunker near their mobile home.Their account launched a four-day manhunt, led to the arrest of a convicted sex offender and helped pass legislation that would allow the death penalty for some repeat child molesters.

By Meg Kinnard

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July 20, 2009 | Daily Report Online

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February 05, 2009 | Daily Report Online

COLUMBIA, S.C. AP - A power company and several municipalities are costing the state precious time and money in its federal lawsuit against North Carolina, South Carolina's top prosecutor said Wednesday."It was suggested that this one may be completed within two years," Attorney General Henry McMaster told state lawmakers and environmental leaders.

By MEG KINNARD

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October 14, 2009 | Daily Report Online

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October 01, 2012 | Daily Report Online

South Carolina's redrawn state house and congressional maps were allowed to stand Monday, as the U.S. Supreme Court summarily affirmed a federal court's ruling that the state's new lines are fair and don't discriminate against racial minorities.

By Meg Kinnard

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July 11, 2012 | Daily Report Online

South Carolina law officers who experience mental trauma after killing someone in the line of duty aren't entitled to workers' compensation, according to a ruling released Wednesday by the state's Supreme Court.

By Meg Kinnard

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May 05, 2009 | Daily Report Online

By MEG KINNARD

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