🌱 Why a Rock Hill drug stop just led to 30 years in prison

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• Why a Rock Hill drug stop just led to 30 years in prison

Also on today's calendar: 2025 Historic Yorkville Holiday Home Tour December 13 & 14, 2025 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Tickets $20.00 + $2.13 fee and 3 more events.

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• Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 48 and low of 31 degrees.
• Friday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 55, low: 30.
• Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high of 59 and low of 39 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• SC man gets 30 years for Rock Hill drugs, gun. ‘Absurd' or repeat felon justice? (heraldonline.com) — A repeat offender has been sentenced in York County criminal court to 30 years in prison for meth trafficking and gun charges tied to a 2024 Rock Hill traffic stop. Prosecutors cite his long history of drug and weapon crimes, while his attorney criticizes South Carolina’s mandatory minimum sentencing laws as excessively harsh and costly for taxpayers.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in York

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 13

• Christmas Market at Bush-N-Vine
  Bush-N-Vine Farm, 1650 Filbert Hwy, York
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Thursday December 11

• Board of Zoning Appeals
  York County, SC Calendar , 6 South Congress Street , York
  6:00 pm

Saturday December 13

• 2025 Historic Yorkville Holiday Home Tour December 13 & 14, 2025 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Tickets $20.00 + $2.13 fee
  York Downtown Historic District , 12 N Congress St , York
  2:00 pm

Monday December 15

• York County Council Meeting
  York County, SC Calendar , 6 South Congress Street , York
  6:00 pm
• Speak at the York County Council Meeting (12/15)
  York County Government , 6 S Congress St , York
  6:00 pm

Tuesday December 30

• Fall/Winter Trend Forecast & Hands-On Workshop
  1206 Pleasant Colony Ln , York
  3:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• Story Time @ Main
  Chester County Library , 100 Center St , Chester
  10:30 am
• Tax Lien Live Event, Rock Hill
  Hilton Garden Inn Rock Hill , 650 Tinsley Way , Rock Hill
  12:30 pm
• Thursday Rock Hill Boxing Club
  Emmett Scott Center , 801 Crawford Rd , Rock Hill
  4:00 pm

Friday December 12

• Mahjong @ Fewell Park
  Fewell Park Center , 1204 Alexander Rd , Rock Hill
  1:00 pm
• Buford Boys Varsity Basketball @ Chester
  Chester Senior High School , 1330 J A Cochran Bypass , Chester
  7:00 pm

Saturday December 13

• Christmas Candlelight Tours
  Historic Brattonsville , 1444 Brattonsville Rd , McConnells
  3:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Scanner Enthusiasts — Anyone Out There?
  Hey everyone! I’m a scanner enthusiast and looking to connect with others who are into police, fire, and EMS radio traffic. Send me a message if you… (Nextdoor Lauren Pines)
• Does anyone know who to call about reinstalling in road lane reflectors from York High School to Food Lion (321/161)?
  When they repaved, never reinstalled them. Thank you. (Nextdoor Mason Dixon)

• Food Lion posted a job opening for FT Center Store Associate in York. Apply here.
• York County, SC posted a job opening for Fire Training and Safety Officer II in York. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near York here.

🗞 Nearby News

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• South Carolina Basketball Coaches Association Rankings for Dec. 10 (postandcourier.com)

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• Duke Energy pledges fair bills, as experts question data centers' impact on rates (heraldonline.com)
• Indian Land feels the pressure as traffic builds, but highway funding is elusive (heraldonline.com)
• Food Lion to remodel 153 stores amid ongoing grocery store wars (qcitymetro.com)

Rock Hill

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