http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/fork/ Fork, SC News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/fork/content/2d4a82265d83a2d3530076aa7f055e85.html Giving the College of Charleston 60 million is an inspiring act Also inspiring: Shunning the earned spotlight that comes from such recordbreaking generosityGuy E Beatty Jr now holds the distinction of having made the largest single donation to a public college in South Carolina The school will receive 2 million a year for 30 years from Mr Beatty's estate http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/fork/content/cdf8d80c271561a7a5667bceffdafc18.html Many South Carolinians are having to fork over more money than before when they go to the doctorThe increasing popularity of health plans with deductibles as high as 2000 means that people have to pay preset amounts before their coverage kicks in Even then they still have to pay a percentage of the remainderSo whereas some patients were used to paying 20 or 30 copays they now have to pay much more at each visit http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/fork/content/1776a0632b1b2a85066358075c2b5858.html The National Weather Service in Wilmington NC advised folks near the Little Pee Dee River at Galivants Ferry to be prepared for continuing flood waters according to a weather alert issued late Tuesday nightThe flood warning remains in effect through late Friday night Minor flooding has occurred and is expected to continue along the river and in the Fork Retch Community upstream of Galivants Ferry near Nichols More information is available at weathergovilm under the under the RiversLakes AHPS link http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/fork/content/98e73d6626877c669a423afde304924b.html Proponents of District 58217;s 2437 million bond proposal don8217;t seem rattled by news that enrollment is stagnant or that interim superintendent Herb Berg disagrees with previous growth projectionsNor are they distracted by Berg8217;s open assertion that the bond effort might fail 8212; againFor bond supporters the issue is bigger than a dispute over LexingtonRichland 58217;s growth and enrollment in the futureIt8217;s about the conditions todayDistrict 5 has some of the oldest schools in the Midlands Bond backers say the school system also suffers from overcrowding at several elementary schools and high schools with 149 portable classrooms scattered about and instructors without classrooms sharing space and teaching from mobile carts http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/fork/content/3ba3bea674d63cbf936e63ede2f5ed0e.html The National Weather Service in Wilmington NC advised folks near the Little Pee Dee River at Galivants Ferry to be prepared for continuing flood waters according to a weather alert issued SundayThe flood warning remains in effect through late Thursday night Minor flooding has occurred and is expected to continue along the river and in the Fork Retch Community upstream of Galivants Ferry near Nichols More information is available at weathergovilm under the under the RiversLakes AHPS link http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/fork/content/d3442766ff0da6e8f30faf46524367a4.html Two teenagers including a Dutch Fork High School student have been arrested and charged with walking into a couple8217;s home Sunday and then beating and robbing them Irmo Police Chief Brian Buck saidThe victims 8212; a 70yearold woman and her 69yearold husband 8212; received stitches at Lexington Medical Center and were released after the home invasion in the Old Friarsgate neighborhood Buck saidBoth were punched repeatedly in the head and face Buck saidGregory Hardy 17 of Gennessee Road Irmo and a 15yearold boy are charged with firstdegree burglary kidnapping strongarm robbery and assault and battery of a high and aggravated natureHardy was arrested Monday afternoon near his home He is a student at Dutch Fork High School Buck said http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/fork/content/ac5e053ef6e3425240196f82cc490d32.html Monica Nicole Franks 564 Little Pittsburgh Dr West Union Booking Date: 91508 1:31 pm Age: 23 Agency: Oconee County Sheriff Office Charge Date: 61708 http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/fork/content/93a52dfeab73ae6f71bf29c4eebbdcf3.html What Lowcountry chileheads wrote us about their 'addiction':