http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/luray/ Luray, SC News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/luray/content/ceb198e5d07e3603b486a0890e792165.html Even though the flu season in South Carolina has been quiet so far the potential for an outbreak still looms health officials saypChildren are returning to school this week and the traditional peak of the flu season is still a few weeks away It8217;s not too late to get a shot and vaccines are a good idea for anyone over 6 months old said Clair Boatwright spokeswoman for the SC Department of Health and Environmental ControlpstrongWhy get a flu shotstrongpFlu is the leading cause of death for people 65 or older in South Carolina Even for healthy people it8217;s no fun dealing with the flu symptoms of a high fever headaches sore throat and a runny nose for up to two weekspScientists come up with a vaccine formula each year based on flu trends worldwide While one year8217;s vaccine doesn8217;t protect against all variations of flu it is the best protection against the most likely flu virus that year http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/luray/content/24725cb555a125cc0ce6c7e476074664.html BAMBERG Bamberg County leaders are lauding a new multicounty revenue sharing agreement as a bold visionary step toward being competitive in the highstakes game of economic development http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/luray/content/7a316aca04dc33e87e37986de1864711.html Two of South Carolina's mayors including Charleston's Joe Riley traveled to Virginia Thursday to help Presidentelect Barack Obama pitch his plan for reviving the nation's faltering economyRiley and Columbia Mayor Bob Coble were among about a dozen mayors from around the country joining Obama at George Mason University in Fairfax for a speech on his proposed economic stimulus package http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/luray/content/41b41cb4f976b003dd03e3b7943b1b4e.html Pursuant to improving public information and in accordance with the SC Freedom of Information Act: GOVERNMENT: Forest Acres is governed by a City Council consisting of the Mayor and four Council members elected for staggered four year terms during a general nonpartisan election held in oddnumbered years http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/luray/content/cb7c09739cf6f22df739b7edc5721d8b.html Police identified a suspect Thursday in the kidnapping and armed robbery of a man from a Greer restaurant on Tuesday night http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/luray/content/cfae80da8fcd8904be31a04dcaee486d.html Gusty winds blowing across the region knocked out power to thousands of customers across the Upstate http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/luray/content/ee3717390e90e0b7dd03d29d1710af94.html COLUMBIA 8212; The State has promoted Steve Brook to managing editor the newsroom's No 2 post Brook 54 has been the newspaper's deputy managing editor since 2005 He started at The State in 1991 as executive business editor Steve's knowledge passion and hard work have stre http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/luray/content/a7d09ccf067f3dbe3696b87cc708056f.html GREER Warrants have been signed charging a Greer man with kidnapping and armed robbery after authorities said a man was taken from the parking lot of El Mariachi Restaurant on Wade Hampton Boulevard on Tuesday night