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The proximity of the vast swamps with their millions of fine trees and the associated naval stores industry became one of the factors in turning Berkeley County, South Carolina into

The proximity of the vast swamps with their millions of fine trees and the associated naval stores industry became one of the factors in turning Berkeley County, South Carolina into

Thanks to the vision of its new owners, the Boothbay Playhouse has been lovingly repurposed into a wedding venue.

Editor's note: This is part 2 of a story on how county schools received their names. To read part 1, visit www.chesterfieldobserver.com and search the archives. Page Dowdy/Chesterfield Observer The original Swift Creek school was located on what is now Hull Street Road and is currently home to an insurance company. Ever wondered who

New Jersey was no less involved in the Revolutionary War than Pennsylvania or Massachusetts. So why does it hide away its priceless artifacts?

EVEN today the steep climb from Manafon to Llanfair Caereinion is known as the Gibbet. The gibbet had been an oak tree and is thought to have been first used in August 1735. There are two varying stories of its origins. The first is that a family of innkeepers in nearby Manafon had taken to killing and robbing their guests and buried them in nearby woods. The family is only recorded as the Lloyd’s and among their victims had been a Scottish pedlar. The family was said to have hang...

his wife live next to the blue building. they say by the time they heard the fire alarm flames had already spread to their building and started burning their fourth story apartment. >> they were trying to put a happy face on it and i think move forward, but as you start to realize the more that you lost in the fire, then it will be less happy faces. >> reporter: firefighters say the fire displayed all five units inside the blue building and the liquor store below causing extensive dama...

da lin has more on how the fire started and the aftermath. >>da: investigators say the fire started in the blue building and then spread to the beige building next door. what caused the fire? they do not know. people who live in the building state of fire spread quickly giving them variable time to escape. years reaction from one fire victim. >> i do not have a home anymore. i do not have any friends, i have to go sleep in a hotel. >> as you realize the more things you start and a fire...

has been hiding out in the woods illuding authorities for more than a month opened fire on officers. eric rasmussen has the story. >> reporter: i just walked out of a briefing a little more than an hour ago. at this hour, investigators dont know if he was tracking officers. they say he fired first. aaron vasler had the same kind of assault fire weapon when he started shooting at three members of the special unit from the alameda police department. >> as the team was performing their ta...

started shooting at three members of the special unit from the alameda police department. >> as the team was performing their task they came under fire. from a suspect they could identify was vascler. >> reporter: tom almond said the 35-year-old vascler used a military tactic, flanking the officers. briefly disappears and reappearing on the other side of the officers. >> the investigation is very clear. that there were three acts of attempted murder that -p had today on three peace off...