http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/little-mountain/ Little Mountain, SC News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/little-mountain/content/923c8623c97ebd3a019059226bb65d01.html Angels with hammers and crowbars repaired a few Columbia houses and more than a few hearts Saturdayp8220;All these people 8212; they8217;re just angels They8217;re taking their holiday time to do this8221; Susie Love 66 said as she watched workers for Home Works rip up her rotting kitchen floor and prep it for new linoleump8220;It brings me to tears They are such a blessing8221; she saidpAnd tears did flow down the retired Richland 1 cafeteria worker8217;s face as she explained how with her limited income and needs to buy medicine she doesn8217;t have money for repairs for the Randall Street house she8217;s owned for some 20 yearspOutside a halfdozen volunteers were ripping off old shingles from her leaky roof to ready it for a new covering Clangs of hammers and crowbars sounded across the North Main neighborhood http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/little-mountain/content/29ffffd2d9f81552145558e5786623b5.html Business was 8212; you might say 8212; booming this past weekend as the state8217;s first sales taxfree weekend attracted throngs to gun shops8220;It was a tremendous incentive8221; said Ronnie Thrailkill manager of Shooter8217;s Choice a West Columbia gun shopGuns can be expensive and buyers could save a nice chunk of change by not having to pay the state8217;s 6 percent sales taxThat means anyone who bought a semiautomatic Desert Eagle 44 magnum pistol for 1500 saved 90 in state tax and an additional 15 in local taxes said Jerry Stoudemire coowner of Little Mountain Gun and Supply store in Little Mountain8220;Not a bad savings 8212; that will buy a lot of ammo8221; said Stoudemire who also is president of the Gun Owners of South Carolina The group is the National Rifle Association8217;s affiliate and has about 800 members http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/little-mountain/content/2bad9f9fa6d5bb3f632e85f83ced39e0.html Three Newberry County men are in big trouble with the law http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/little-mountain/content/0a681f22bf142c168c127d9d7db34272.html The Newberry County Sheriff39;s Department saysa string of burglaries and thefts in Newberry County have been solved and two men are in custody with more arrests expected http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/little-mountain/content/3fbf5e96c928e1eec8991eb5149b5dff.html 1838COLUMBIA A neoNazi group distributed fliers in the Chapin area last weekend about last month's shooting of a Little Mountain teenager and is planning a gathering in the next few daysMeanwhile the man charged with killing the teen says someone shot at his Chapinarea home Tuesday though investigators can't confirm the report http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/little-mountain/content/2aa53b191b7c3673dae5578b77639b76.html A neoNazi group distributed fliers in the Chapin area last weekend about last month8217;s shooting of a Little Mountain teenager and is planning a gathering in the next few daysMeanwhile the man charged with killing the teen says someone shot at his Chapinarea home Tuesday though investigators can8217;t confirm the reportLexington County sheriff8217;s deputies are investigating the recent shooting and the motivation behind the flier distribution Maj John Allard saidThe fliers stem from the Aug 15 fatal shooting of Deshaun Clark 17 after a party at a lake house owned by Francis Marion Reeves III 62 who is charged with murderChapin Mayor Stan Shealy called the fliers 8220;about the vilest thing I8217;ve ever seen8221; http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/little-mountain/content/6705ca90dc80e0eb00169a7c724ae7ef.html Kelly Berry made his regular stop by the Circle K in Irmo late last week to top off his truck with gasThe station isn8217;t the closest to his home but it is along his regular route And even before gas prices hit an alltime high earlier this summer it had become a common destination for the Chapin resident and others looking to save on their fuel costsThe station at Lake Murray Boulevard and St Andrews Road is among several 8220;price breakers8221; in the Midlands 8212; those stations whose prices regularly fall below the area8217;s average and sometimes register anywhere from 10 to 20 cents lower per gallon than the station down the road And as the nation continues to battle higher gasoline prices more motorists are lining up at these stations as a way of saving cash8220;This is the stop for me as far as gas is concerned8221; said Berry a contractor whose work requires much travel 8220;When you go through as much gas as I do 10 cents a gallon makes a big difference8221;Before tropical storm scares edged up gasoline prices beginning late last week Irmo8217;s Circle K was among a small group of stations at which regular unleaded gasoline was selling for less than 330 a gallon That also was the case at the nearby Kroger station where customers with a store card can get an additional 3 cents off each gallon http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/little-mountain/content/1a7e14af4486b2c07b86cf4ab366f3ae.html Kelly Berry made his regular stop by the Circle K in Irmo late last week to top off his truck with gasThe station isn8217;t the closest to his home but it is along his regular route And even before gas prices hit an alltime high earlier this summer it had become a common destination for the Chapin resident and others looking to save on their fuel costsThe station at Lake Murray Boulevard and St Andrews Road is among several 8220;price breakers8221; in the Midlands 8212; those stations whose prices regularly fall below the area8217;s average and sometimes register anywhere from 10 to 20 cents lower per gallon than the station down the road And as the nation continues to battle higher gasoline prices more motorists are lining up at these stations as a way of saving cash8220;This is the stop for me as far as gas is concerned8221; said Berry a contractor whose work requires much travel 8220;When you go through as much gas as I do 10 cents a gallon makes a big difference8221;Before tropical storm scares edged up gasoline prices beginning late last week Irmo8217;s Circle K was among a small group of stations at which regular unleaded gasoline was selling for less than 330 a gallon That also was the case at the nearby Kroger station where customers with a store card can get an additional 3 cents off each gallon