York News

A truckload of fireworks from a York County company exploded Saturday morning on a remote North Carolina island dock, killing two workers and critically injuring three others preparing for an Independence Day celebration, authorities said.

Gov. Mark Sanford used no taxpayer money to see his Argentine mistress during two visits to her country and three meetings in New York, South Carolina law enforcement agents said Thursday.

Mr. Paul Richard Hosford, Sr., 80, of 5794 Adicks Court went to be with his Heavenly Father Monday, June 29, 2009, at his home.

South Carolina Governor Mark Sanfordan admits to an AP reporter Tuesday that he had more encounters with his Argentine mistress than he previously disclosed.

Shooting suspects' guns into a pool of water will help solve violent crimes in York County, investigators say, and they've got more than a thousand of the weapons stockpiled in evidence to begin testing.

An execution of a search warrant resulted in five arrests Thursday night at a York home where only one suspect lived.

Ice cream trucks shouldn't play music so loudly, one York man told police - so many times, they arrested him.

In this April 3, 2009 file photo, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford fields questions during a news conference in Columbia, S.C. Sanford's wife Jenny said, Monday, June 22, 2009, she did not know the location of the two-term Republican chief executive.

York schools' automotive training program at Floyd D. Johnson Technology Center has received certification by National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation and the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence.

The city of Tega Cay is stepping up its efforts to help improve air quality. Soon, the city's fleet of cars and trucks will include almost a dozen alternative fuel vehicles, City Manager Grant Duffield said.

After a week-long string of construction burglaries, a Hickory Grove man led detectives through impound lots and neighborhoods in York and Clover to find more than $66,000 of equipment he'd stolen from local businesses.

York police chased a teenager Thursday after they say he tried to steal a pit bull from a nearby yard.

An investigative team out of the Greenville-Spartanburg National Weather Service office has confirmed a tornado touchdown Tuesday, June 16 in York County.

A team of National Weather Service meteorologists determined a tornado did touch down near York.

Thieves drove a stolen backhoe into an ATM at a York bank early Tuesday, police said.

Severe thunderstorms and at least three reported tornadoes ripped across a three-county area west of Charlotte on Tuesday evening, downing trees, knocking out power to thousands, and blocking a section of Interstate 85.

Trees were downed and thousands of people are without power across western York County tonight after two storm systems with high winds, heavy hail and funnel clouds swooped across the region.

Thieves drove a stolen backhoe into an ATM machine at a York bank early this morning, police say.

Taking courses at York Technical College will cost more this fall. The school is raising tuition by 3 percent, which means each credit hour will cost $134. Full-time students - those with at least 12 hours - will pay $1,608 per semester in 2009-10, up $54 from $1,554 for the current year.

The good news is that the Alice Drive widening is moving forward. The bad news is that county officials and legislators still don't know why they didn't get stimulus money to fund it.