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By October, anglers on Lake Wylie could find out just how safe, or unsafe, the fish they catch are to eat.

Christopher Pittman took a gamble and lost, state attorneys said Tuesday, and he does not deserve a new trial after being convicted of killing his grandparents when he was 12.

All she wanted to do upon retiring was grow a garden and paint. Susan Walker pruned back the gardening a little since, but the painting has been blooming. Walker will be one of many artists featuring her work in the Sept. 24-25 Visions of Art exhibit at River Hills Country Club in Lake Wylie.

Lake Wylie Lutheran Church took a step closer Sunday toward disassociating itself with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

A Clover woman faces an attempted murder charge after authorities say she tried to hit another woman with her car.

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alvin Greene, under indictment on felony obscenity charges and slated to appear this afternoon in York for a campaign speech and question and answer session, said this morning in a radio interview that he applied for pre-trial intervention in his case but was rejected.

Carowinds is extending Snoopy’s bedtime next season.

A group of kids from the Tega Cay area are holding a care wash to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 28, at Steve's Grill on Gold Hill Road, just outside city limits.

Lake Wylie Rotary Club will hold a club social and fundraising event starting at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 28, at Wylie Gators.

With Sept. 11 approaching, no doubt many local groups will look back to that same date nine years ago. River Hills Community Church will, by inviting someone to speak who knows the full impact of that date from personal experience. On Sunday, Aug. 29, at the 8:15 and 10:45 a.m. worship services in the main sanctuary, survivor Brian Clark will talk about his experience.