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 | GOOSE CREEK â€" Cassandra Jackson watched Saquan Meekins play with her 10-year-old son, Jon Jon, in their apartment complex pool in June. Though the child drowned about an hour after getting out of the water, Jackson didn't blame Meekins then. And she didn't blame the family friend, now 22, on Thursday after police released details of a charge of homicide by child abuse against him. | ||||
| Residents view 17 possible ways of extending I-526 Opinions about extending the Mark Clark Expressway appeared to be as varied as the many possible routes shown Thursday to the public. Maps displayed at a public hearing at Fort Johnson Middle School showed 17 variations. All but one of the routes begin where Interstate 526 currently meets Savannah Highway and cross the Stono River to Johns Island. Former Head Start agency investigatedMONCKS CORNER â€" The local agency that ran a $1.2 million deficit while managing federal Head Start and state grant funds is the subject of a federal investigation, according to the U.S. attorney's office. The Berkeley-Dorchester Counties Economic Development Corp. surrendered control of the grant programs in August after it ran out of money. CSU aims to boost campus securityCharleston Southern University on Thursday announced plans to enhance safety at the private school in North Charleston after recent robberies. About 3,330 students are enrolled at the university, and nearly 1,100 of them live on the 300-acre campus on U.S. Highway 78. Report cards to be delayedMore than 1.6 million report cards on the progress of South Carolina schools and districts won't be going home with students today because of a major goof by a testing company. Pearson, which has a state contract to score end-of-course exams, made a mistake in compiling students' scores.  | ||||
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