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Habitat for Humanity of York County will provide aid to uninsured residents in Rock Hill's poorest neighborhood, which took the worst of a devastating April storm.
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An April hailstorm that wrought $5 million (and counting) in damages in York County was immediately followed by roofing salespeople canvassing neighborhoods. A lot of residents say they got overwhelmed twice.
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Economic development news has been good for York County over the past year, and should stay that way for another year. After that, things are not so clear.
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The new York County Manager will begin his role April 8.
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A lawsuit claims officers fired approximately 50 rounds at a despondent man on what was supposed to be a wellness check. The sheriff's office claims officers reacted appropriately to a man with a gun.
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The South Carolina county where Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper started building and then abandoned a new $800 million practice facility has reached a settlement over $21 million in sales tax money given to the NFL team. A statement Wednesday night from York County says the Panthers owner will pay back the money. The county says its dispute with Tepper and his company handling the failed project was totally resolved. The settlement came a week after the York County Sheriff's Office and local prosecutor announced that Tepper and GT Real Estate were under criminal investigation if the public money was misused, emphasizing the probe didn't mean any wrongdoing happened. The law enforcement officials had no additional comment after York County announced its settlement.
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Blue Granite Water serves approximately 4,000 households around Lake Wylie, but York County is about to condemn the utility and acquire it for $36 million in public funds from the utility's customers. Now Blue Granite wants to start a new project in the area and is asking for permission to not get public input to do so.
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Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper's real estate company wants to revoke a bankruptcy settlement it negotiated with the city and county where its abandoned practice facility was supposed to be built in South Carolina. GT Real Estate Holdings says Rock Hill and York County are making exorbitant and unreasonable demands. Tepper's company offered $21 million to York County. It suggested giving the proceeds from selling part of its site in Rock Hill so the city would get at least $20 million. York County says it is entitled to more than $80 million. Rock Hill wants the bankruptcy case be heard in South Carolina instead of Delaware, where GT Real Estate Holdings is incorporated.
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The tangled legal fight between the Carolina Panthers and York County could be headed for a civil jury in Delaware, if a bankruptcy court there will hear it.
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H. longicornis, the Asian longhorned tick that doesn't need a mate to make hundreds of thousands of babies, has been found, contained, at an undisclosed cattle farm.