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| Labor strife at Boeing Co. has forced one of the company's North Charleston suppliers to lay off employees, dismiss contractors, suspend work and prepare for the possibility of a temporary plantwide shutdown. Vought Aircraft Industries Inc. said Friday it could no longer afford to keep its fuselage factory at Charleston International Airport operating with a full staff in light of the dramatically reduced work load. | |||||
| Inabinett arrested on theft charges A Ravenel town councilman was arrested on grand larceny charges last week after a boat dealership reported the theft of an engine part. When North Charleston police questioned Curtis Inabinett Jr., he told them that he and two acquaintances had permission to take scrap metal from the business. Asked about a lower unit missing from a 30-foot Maxum boat, he told them "that he heard that they shouldn't have taken the part," according to a police report. Cuts imperil safety, officials warnSouth Carolina is gambling with the public's safety by cutting $2 million from the agency that monitors thousands of habitual criminals free on probation and parole, top law enforcement officials warned Thursday. Just last month, legislative leaders talked of boosting money for the state Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, saying the agency is seriously understaffed and needs more resources to effectively perform its mission. But that was before the current economic crisis sent South Carolina's budget into a tailspin. Ex-cop gets no jail timeA former Charleston County sheriff's deputy was given a split sentence of eight months in a halfway house and eight months of home detention Friday for kicking a handcuffed suspect after a car chase through West Ashley last year. Christopher M. Lanoue, 25, pleaded guilty in April to kicking Joseph Jefferson in the neck and head area after Jefferson was cuffed and on the ground. 1 charter gets approval, 1 must try againDrayton Hall Elementary cleared another hurdle on its journey to converting to a charter school, but the proposed Apple Charter School failed the same test and will have to wait another year before it can open. Groups that want to open a charter school must receive approval from the state Charter School Advisory Committee, which met earlier this week.  | ||||
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