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Judge Nixes SC's 'I Believe' License Plates
FOX Carolina – Tue Nov 10, 4:38 pm ET

A federal judge has ruled that South Carolina's "I Believe" license plates violate the separation of church and state. Full Story »
Police Search For Missing College Student
FOX Carolina – Tue Nov 10, 3:23 pm ET

Clinton police are searching for a missing Presbyterian College student who was last seen on Monday. Full Story »
Another Multimillion-Dollar Jackpot Coming To SC
FOX Carolina – Tue Nov 10, 2:23 pm ET

South Carolina lotto lovers will soon get to take a chance on two more multimillion-dollar jackpots a week. Full Story »
Deputies: Woman Stabs Boyfriend With Steak Knife
FOX Carolina – Tue Nov 10, 11:53 am ET

Deputies say that a woman has been arrested after she stabbed her boyfriend with a steak knife, but she hasn't been charged with a crime yet. Full Story »
2 Charged With Making Meth In Mauldin
FOX Carolina – Tue Nov 10, 11:38 am ET

Deputies say that two people have been charged and that a Mauldin home was condemned after a methamphetamine lab was found inside. Full Story »

Spartanburg Herald-Journal

SC pilot announces bid for Congress
Spartanburg Herald-Journal – 2 hrs 39 mins ago

Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 5:27 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 5:27 p.m. CHARLESTON — A South Carolina Air Force reservist who piloted a jet headed to New York as the 2001 terrorist attacks unfolded says he'll run for Congress. Full Story »
Family: Missing SC infant found unharmed in bag
Spartanburg Herald-Journal – 2 hrs 40 mins ago

Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 5:25 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 5:25 p.m. CONWAY — Authorities say a 2-week-old South Carolina infant missing overnight has been returned unharmed to his mother. Full Story »
Coast Guard IDs source of SC harbor oil spill
Spartanburg Herald-Journal – Tue Nov 10, 5:35 pm ET

Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 5:21 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 5:21 p.m. CHARLESTON — The Coast Guard says it has identified the source of a recent oil spill in a South Carolina harbor. Full Story »
Federal judge nixes SC license tag with cross
Spartanburg Herald-Journal – Tue Nov 10, 5:35 pm ET

In this file image supplied April 17, 2008, by Craig Dobson from Faith in Teaching, a specialty license plate is shown. A federal judge said Tuesday South Carolina can't issue license tags that show the image of a cross in front of a stained glass window along with the phrase "I Believe." Full Story »
Mega Millions jackpot game coming to SC
Spartanburg Herald-Journal – Tue Nov 10, 3:36 pm ET

Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 2:38 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 2:38 p.m. COLUMBIA — South Carolina lottery players will soon get to take a chance on two more multimillion-dollar jackpots a week. Full Story »

The Greenville News

Greenville School District's first swine flu clinic draws hundreds of parents, kids
The Greenville News – 1 hr 27 mins ago

Hundreds of anxious parents stood in the rain with their children at Armstrong Elementary School Tuesday to be vaccinated against the H1N1 virus at the Greenville County School District's first swine flu clinic. Full Story »
Clemson to announce new downtown Greenville initiative
The Greenville News – Tue Nov 10, 4:33 pm ET

Clemson University, which has been planning to move its master's of business administration students to downtown Greenville, is scheduled to announce a new downtown initiative related to its business school on Friday. Full Story »
Flash flood watch continues in Upstate, despite less rain than expected
The Greenville News – Tue Nov 10, 12:48 pm ET

The Upstate should get quite a drenching through Wednesday from the remnants of tropical cyclone Ida, but not as much as had been feared. Full Story »
Greenville schools plan Veterans' Day events
The Greenville News – Tue Nov 10, 12:48 pm ET

Berea High School will host its ninth annual Veterans Day Program, "Honoring All Who Served," on Wednesday. Veterans, their families, and other community members are invited to attend. The program will begin at 2:30 in the school auditorium and will be followed by a reception in the media center. The Social Studies Department and the National Honor Society sponsor the event. Also participating ... Full Story »
Pilot of GSP small plane crash 'one of the best'
The Greenville News – Tue Nov 10, 2:04 am ET

The King Air turbo-prop plane that razed State 14 and landed on its belly just shy of the Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport runway Monday was on a service flight to check out a problem — a routine procedure for which aviation experts say there are few rules. Full Story »

Anderson Independent-Mail

Students in Anderson County to celebrate Veterans Day
Anderson Independent-Mail – 44 mins ago

ANDERSON COUNTY — While some adults may stay home to observe Veterans Day, children throughout Anderson County will be in school today learning about the holiday. From Pendleton to Iva, schools will be the site of activities designed to promote remembrance of veterans. Some activities began earlier this week. Iva Elementary School students placed flags on the front lawn of the school to honor ... Full Story »
State buys rights to Anderson School District 5 curriculum
Anderson Independent-Mail – 1 hr 14 mins ago

ANDERSON COUNTY — School districts across South Carolina will now have access, through the state Department of Education, to the curriculum used in Anderson School District 5. The state will provide — at no cost — the curriculum developed by District 5 to districts across the state that might not have the resources to develop or update their own curriculum, according to officials with the state ... Full Story »
Panel wants stricter rules for traffic studies
Anderson Independent-Mail – 1 hr 15 mins ago

ANDERSON — The Anderson County Planning Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to recommend that the county adopt stricter methods for studying how development would affect traffic. The new ordinance would require planners of any development generating 100 trips during its peak hour to submit a traffic impact study to the development standards office with the initial application. The study would ... Full Story »
Investigation continues into shooting In Stephens County
Anderson Independent-Mail – 1 hr 44 mins ago

STEPHENS COUNTY — Stephens County, Ga., authorities continue to investigate the shooting that officials said sent a woman to Greenville Hospital System and ended in the death of one man by a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The woman shot Monday afternoon was Glenna Thompson, 26, of Ga. 145 in Eastanollee, and the dead man has been identified as Jason Heard, 30, of King Street in Carnesville ... Full Story »
Flu shot clinics open in Anderson area for select students, other eligible residents
Anderson Independent-Mail – 1 hr 44 mins ago

Vaccinations for H1N1 flu will be offered in the coming week for students at four Anderson School District 5 campuses, day care employees and children who use day care services. The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control is providing the vaccinations. The schedule for the sites in District 5: Today: 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. – Nevitt Forest Community School of ... Full Story »

Asheville Citizen-Times

Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College in Asheville names five candidates for president
Asheville Citizen-Times – 16 mins ago

ASHEVILLE — A former program director at A-B Tech and the current president of Haywood Community College are among five finalists vying to be A-B Tech's next president, college officials announced Monday. Full Story »
Asheville Citizen-Times to webcast prep sports signing
Asheville Citizen-Times – 1 hr 46 mins ago

The start of the fall national-signing period for high school athletes is Wednesday and the Citizen-Times will have a live webcast of several area athletes signing letters-of-intent to the colleges they will attend next year. Full Story »
UPDATED H1N1 info: Find where to get your flu shot
Asheville Citizen-Times – 2 hrs 46 mins ago

To find out, by zip code, where you can get your H1N1 flu shot, follow this link to the Citizen-Times H1N1 Web page. Full Story »
Veterans eat for free at Arden Kounty Lines
Asheville Citizen-Times – 2 hrs 46 mins ago

Veterans and current members of the armed services can eat breakfast or lunch for free Wednesday at two local Kounty Line convenience stores. “It’s the least I can do for these guys,” said owner James Young. Full Story »
City of Asheville officials update Hillcrest fire
Asheville Citizen-Times – Tue Nov 10, 6:14 pm ET

ASHEVILLE — Investigators are still on the scene of the Hillcrest structure fire that occurred yesterday to try to determine the exact cause of the explosion. Full Story »

The Chapel Hill News

Voller wins in close race for third term
The Chapel Hill News – Sun Nov 8, 2:12 am ET

In small towns, elections can turn on a dime. Full Story »
Two join McElveen on city school board
The Chapel Hill News – Sun Nov 8, 2:12 am ET

Incumbent Greg McElveen will continue on the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools board of education for four more years, along with newcomers Michelle Brownstein and Joe Green. Full Story »
AGENDAs
The Chapel Hill News – Sun Nov 8, 2:12 am ET

The Chapel Hill Town Council will hold a business meeting Monday at 7 p.m. in the Council Chamber at Town Hall, 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. To see the agenda, go to townhall.townofchapelhill.org. Full Story »
Day Book
The Chapel Hill News – Sun Nov 8, 2:11 am ET

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Radar to seek lost graves
The Chapel Hill News – Sun Nov 8, 2:11 am ET

On Tuesday, technicians hired by the Preservation Society of Chapel Hill will begin using ground-penetrating radar and other means to try to discover long-neglected unknown graves in the African-American sections of the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery. Full Story »

The Hendersonville Times-News

Rain continues in Henderson County
The Hendersonville Times-News – Tue Nov 10, 4:55 pm ET

Times-News Online The rain, now in the area, will continue through Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. The area is under a flash flood watch. In Transylvania and Henderson counties, the French Broad River at Blantyre is under a flood warning. The river is expected to reach the flood stage of 16 feet, around 2 or 3 a.m. Wednesday. Full Story »
Local plans for dosing out the H1N1 vaccine
The Hendersonville Times-News – Tue Nov 10, 1:40 pm ET

The Henderson County Health Department can't control how many doses of swine flu vaccine it receives, or even who is first in line to get them. Full Story »
Community Briefs
The Hendersonville Times-News – Tue Nov 10, 1:40 pm ET

FLETCHER -- Fletcher Parks and Recreation will hosting an adult coed volleyball league in January. Register teams now to play. Games will be played on Saturdays at Veritas Christian Academy starting on Jan. 16. Cost to register is $160 and includes a full season followed by a tournament, game balls and officials. Full Story »
Community Calendar
The Hendersonville Times-News – Tue Nov 10, 1:40 pm ET

Laurel Park Parks and Greenways Board meets at 9 a.m. today in the Laurel Park Town Hall. Hendersonville Board of Adjustment meets at 1:30 p.m. today at the City Operations Center. Laurel Park Planning Board meets at 3 p.m. today in the Laurel Park Town Hall. Full Story »
Engineer chronicles Carriage Park troubles
The Hendersonville Times-News – Tue Nov 10, 6:10 am ET

By James Shea Times-News Staff Writer An engineer testified Monday that repairs to stabilize the homes and common areas on a steep ridge in Carriage Park would cost more than $1 million. Full Story »

The Index-Journal

Drug unit arrested Greenwood man on Ridgeway Drive
The Index-Journal – Tue Nov 10, 10:50 am ET

Narcotics officers arrested a man Friday afternoon and hit him with a drug distribution charge. The Greenwood Drug Enforcement Unit arrested David Allen Hodge Sr. , 55, of 114 Ridgeway Drive, Greenwood, and charged him with distribution of a Schedule II controlled substance. Full Story »
History Society receives award
The Index-Journal – Tue Nov 10, 2:22 am ET

Student members of the history honor society at Lander University have won bragging rights again after receiving another award as one of the best chapters in the country. Full Story »
Lions Club to host 'Shrimp Fest’
The Index-Journal – Tue Nov 10, 2:22 am ET

The Greenwood Lions Club and American Legion Post 20 are sponsoring a "Shrimp Fest” from 5-9 p.m. Saturday at the American Legion Post 20 Building on Calhoun Avenue. Full Story »
Lander students get preview of study abroad experience
The Index-Journal – Tue Nov 10, 2:22 am ET

Lander University’s liaison at the University of Winchester, Dr. Roger Richardson, was on campus recently to inform students of opportunities to study abroad at his university in southern England. Full Story »
Abbeville FFA members compete at nationals
The Index-Journal – Tue Nov 10, 2:22 am ET

INDIANAPOLIS -- Members of the Abbeville High School FFA Chapter were one of 34 teams participating in the 2009 National FFA Agronomy Career Development Event. The competition was Oct.21-24, during the 82nd National FFA Convention. Full Story »

Smoky Mountain News

The Naturalist's Corner
Smoky Mountain News – Wed Nov 4, 12:55 am ET

It’s 11 p.m. – do you know where your wood thrush is? “Hello, Ms. Stutchbury, this is OnStar. Your wood thrush that is supposed to be on its way to Mexico is actually in New Orleans.” Full Story »
News briefs
Smoky Mountain News – Wed Nov 4, 12:55 am ET

Mast General Store is again collecting packages for U.S. soldiers in combat zones. The deadline for packages is Dec. 8. Customers can cover their own boxes or bring items to Mast and employees will package them. Full Story »
Third party steps in to run Balsam Mountain Preserve
Smoky Mountain News – Wed Nov 4, 12:55 am ET

Balsam Mountain Preserve has been stripped of control and custody of its development as lenders continue their march toward foreclosure. The 4,400-acre development in Jackson County owes nearly $21 million to its lender, a private equity investment firm called TriLyn. Full Story »
Swain fails to make headway in cash settlement talks
Smoky Mountain News – Wed Nov 4, 12:55 am ET

The National Park Service and Swain County appear locked in a stalemate over how much the federal government should pay up for breaking its long-standing contract to replace a road flooded by the creation of Lake Fontana in the 1940s. Full Story »
Fee charged to overseas visitors would fund tourism marketing abroad
Smoky Mountain News – Wed Nov 4, 12:54 am ET

A bill is moving through Congress that could help boost the local economy and create jobs by drawing international tourists to Western North Carolina. Full Story »

The McDowell News

Commissioners sending letter to Ford's head honcho
The McDowell News – 2 hrs 21 mins ago

The chairman of the board of directors for the Ford Motor Co. will soon hear from the chairman of the McDowell County Commission. Full Story »
Sheriff candidates announce intentions
The McDowell News – 2 hrs 22 mins ago

A retired state trooper, who's also a former county commissioner, is hoping to become the next sheriff of McDowell County. And a former captain with the Sheriff's Office is also seeking to be the county's top cop. Full Story »
New jobs on horizon
The McDowell News – 2 hrs 22 mins ago

The McDowell County Commission on Monday approved an economic incentive of $310,000 for a company that promises to create 103 jobs in the first three years of operation. Full Story »
Authorities charge man with sex offense
The McDowell News – 2 hrs 22 mins ago

Authorities have arrested a Marion man on charges that he molested a young girl. Full Story »
We salute our veterans
The McDowell News – 2 hrs 37 mins ago

Nelson participated in a recent Honor Air pilgrimage to the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. He said the visit to the long-overdue monument to his generation's struggle and sacrifice was deeply moving. "There were thousands of people there, congratulating us and thanking us and shaking our hands," he said. "I never saw the beat of it." Full Story »