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NASCAR Day is Friday, May 18th!

Submitted by Susan H.

Thursday, May 10th, 2012, 2:44pm

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Get your limited edition NASCAR Day lapel pin, show your support for NASCAR Day and help raise awareness of children in need. Pins are $10 each (plus a small handling fee), measure 1-inch by 1-inch and feature a checkered flag design. The NASCAR Foundation embodies the compassion of the NASCAR Family and its commitment to serving communities. It seeks to raise funds and increase volunteerism to support nonprofit charities and charitable causes nation-wide, with an emphasis placed on initiatives that affect the ability of children to live, learn and play. Click here to learn more about children and family initiatives supported by The NASCAR Foundation. You can also enter for

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The South Carolina Heart Gallery

Submitted by Susan H.

Monday, May 7th, 2012, 5:00pm

LAKE WYLIE, SC (WBTV) - The Heart Gallery is a gallery of pictures of children in the South Carolina area in need of permanent homes. For those interested, contact information will be available regarding the adoption process. There are no adoption fees to adopt children from the foster care system. Please note that appointments can be requested if you are unable to visit during gallery hours.

Event Details
Dates: May 9th to June 30th
Hours: 9am to 5:30pm (Monday to Friday)
Free Admission
Venue: Pine Grove Baptist Church
Address: 5415 Highway 557, Lake Wylie

Need more information? Please click here or call 980.329.7493 or 803.831.2015.

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Kelly Franson: Taking a look back at my brain tumor

Submitted by WBTV Web Staff

Monday, April 2nd, 2012, 1:35pm

Kelly Franson: Taking a look back at my brain tumor

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - It was April 1, 2010 when I was told I had a brain tumor. Yes, on April Fool's Day.

I knew the doctor wasn't joking, but I remember thinking maybe, just maybe, he had made a mistake—wrong exam room, wrong patient, wrong MRI. But then he showed me the scan.

I'm no doctor, but I could clearly see the grape-sized tumor. I also recognized my nose. It was my profile, so it must also be my brain. And my brain tumor.

Fast forward two years, and having once had a brain tumor is something that rarely crosses my mind, no pun intended.

I was lucky. My tumor was "the best kind of brain tumor" to have.

It was found before it caused big problems. It was in a location that made it fairly easy for a neurosurgeon to remove.

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Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.

Submitted by Alison Hill, Community Web Producer

Monday, January 16th, 2012, 1:15pm

Monday is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Sunday would have been the civil rights leader's 83rd birthday.

Ronald Reagan signed the holiday in honor of King into law in 1983 and was first observed on January 20, 1986.

It was officially observed in all 50 states for the first time in 2000.

This is the first year a memorial will stand in Washington, D.C. in King's honor.

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TV reality family following GOP hopeful on SC campaign trail

Submitted by Chris Dyches

Friday, January 13th, 2012, 5:30pm

ROCK HILL, SC (WBTV) - Even people who aren't big into politics are seeing some faces that look very familiar in the Rock Hill area during the lead-up to the South Carolina primary.

The portion of the Duggar family, from television's 19 Kids and Counting, is on the campaign trail with GOP presidential nominee hopeful Rick Santorum.

Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, along with four of the couple's children, were at Santorum's stop at the Magnolia Room on Friday morning.

The stop was one of two Santorum stops in our area, with a second visit in York. He'll later go to Greenville for his final stop of the day.

Santorum has been fighting Texas Governor Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich for the social conservative vote.

When asked about splitting the Conservative vote with Perry and Gingrich, Santorum said that the race was still wide open, like Iowa showed.

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Ex-councilman jailed for violating judge's orders during DUI arrest

Submitted by Chris Dyches

Friday, January 13th, 2012, 9:36am

Ex-councilman jailed for violating judge's orders during DUI arrest

YORK COUNTY - A former York County councilman has been arrested by the U.S. Marshal's office after a U.S. District judge revoked his bond following a drunk driving charge earlier this week.

Paul Lindemann, 32, appeared in a federal courtroom at 10 a.m. Friday morning for a bond revocation hearing after he was charged in a drunk driving crash at his home.

According to court officials, Lindemann appeared before U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie - the same judge who sentenced him in December to 18-months in prison for mortgage fraud. According to the judgment in that mortgage fraud case, Lindemann was set to be imprisoned on April 1, 2012.

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Ex-Councilman charged with driving drunk after crashing at own home

Submitted by Chris Dyches

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012, 12:36pm

Ex-Councilman charged with driving drunk after crashing at own home

YORK COUNTY - A former York County Councilman has been charged with driving drunk and leaving the scene of a crash after he crashed in front of his own home, WBTV has learned.

According to the York County Sheriff's Office, ex-councilman Paul Lindemann was charged with DUI and leaving the scene of a crash early Tuesday morning.

South Carolina Trooper Billy Elder told WBTV that troopers were called to a home along the 1300 block of Hensley Road in Fort Mill around 1:45 a.m. Tuesday morning to the report of a crash on private property. The crash happened at Lindemann’s home, WBTV has learned.

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