SC residents can get up to $100 rebate on some appliance purchases

Friday, January 27th, 2012, 7:14pm

CHARLESTON, WC (WCSC) - South Carolina residents planning to purchase new ENERGY STAR qualified appliances will be eligible to receive rebates ranging from $50 to $100 starting this Friday.

The program applies to purchases through Sunday, Feb. 5, and is funded by the state's remaining portion of the appliance rebate stimulus program.

Qualifying appliances include ENERGY STAR labeled clothes washers, dishwashers, refrigerators and room air conditioning units.

Eligible clothes washers will receive a $100 rebate while dishwashers, refrigerators and room air conditioning units will receive $50 rebates. All qualifying purchases occurring throughout this program will be eligible to receive a rebate.

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National Wear Red Day is February 3rd

Submitted by Susan H.

Friday, January 27th, 2012, 4:21pm

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Go Red For Women is asking women to take action by participating in this year’s National Wear Red Day on Friday, February 3rd. Women can wear red in support of the cause, learn more about their personal risk of heart disease, and register for a free red dress pin at GoRedForWomen.org or get involved with local events and the upcoming Go Red For Women luncheon on May 10, 2012.

For more information, please click HERE or call 704.208.5514.

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High winds knock out power to thousands in SC overnight

Submitted by Ron Lee on Friday, January 27th, 9:09 am

TEGA CAY, SC (WBTV) - High winds and heavy rain knocked out power to thousands of people in South Carolina overnight.

Duke Energy reported Friday that more than a thousand outages were reported in York County and nearly 600 in Chester County.

Power was quickly being restored Friday morning.

High winds overnight snapped a tree in half, taking down some major power lines with it early Friday morning in Tega Cay.

The sounds of chainsaws and work trucks were probably not what residents along Tega Cay Drive were expecting, but they were a welcome sight.

Overnight, high winds and rain weakened trees all over the viewing area, bringing down limbs on top of power lines shutting down electricity to homeowners.

Police shut down the streets giving work crews leeway to cut the debris up and clear it from the roadway.

From there the task was trying to restore power to people who live in the area.

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Casino near Charlotte? Catawba Tribe to sue SC for gaming rights

Submitted by Trent Faris, Reporter/Photographer

Thursday, January 26th, 2012, 3:15pm

CATAWBA INDIAN NATION, SC (WBTV) - Move over Cherokee Casino, the Catawba Indian Nation wants a piece of the action and plans to go to great lengths to do so.

Catawba Indian Nation Chief William Harris sent out a press release stating they plan to sue the State of South Carolina for the right to open a casino on the Reservation.

"The Catawba nation is simply asking South Carolina to honor promises the State made us in 1993," said Harris. "We love South Carolina and hope to proceed with a development plan that would bring thousands of jobs and millions of dollars to York County.

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Submitted by Donna Lepre on Thursday, January 26th, 3:01 pm

8th Annual Greater Charlotte Home & Landscape Show

January 27, 28, 29 2012 at the Cabarrus Arena & Events Center

Jan. 27 – 2p-7p; Jan.28 – 10a-7p; Jan.29 –11a-5p

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Man goes into rage, runs over jogger, deputies say

Submitted by Nick Needham on Thursday, January 26th, 12:29 pm

FORT MILL, SC (WBTV) - A Fort Mill man was charged Tuesday with attempted murder after he ran another man over with his car.

Darrell Mercy Sanders, 43, was arrested om Tuesday and charged, according to the incident report from the York County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies say Sanders ran over Jeramy Michael Hall, 34, who was jogging down Vandora Springs Road.

Hall banged on the window of Sanders' car window when he nearly hit him as he was driving down the street, according to the report.

Sanders went into a rage and followed Hall down the street, drove up behind him and hit him with his car in the Fieldstone subdivision.

Sanders was taken to the York County Detention Center for processing.

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Police searching for man in Lake Wylie

Submitted by Nick Needham on Thursday, January 26th, 12:05 pm

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Charlotte dive teams recovered the body of a missing man in Lake Wylie Thursday morning.

A spokesman with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said police found for 59-year-old Paul Mark Wiley.

Wiley was last heard from on January 17 and a missing persons report was filed 3 days later.

His vehicle was located near the lake.

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