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The man accused in the death of his girlfriend’s daughter on March 5 is trying to get out of jail.

Sixth Circuit Solicitor Doug Barfield said a bond hearing is set for 9:30 a.m. Friday, March 22, for Phillip Bryan Gleason, 1791 Craig Farm Road.

Barfield said Circuit Court Judge Brooks P. Goldsmith will hear Gleason’s request.

“That’s all I can tell you at this time,” Barfield said. 

COLUMBIA – After a day-long budget debate Tuesday, March 11, on a state House Democratic amendment to expand Medicaid in South Carolina, the House Republican majority rejected it and adopted their own plan.

In a 73-45 vote along party lines, the House tabled the amendment – effectively killing it – then voted 73-41 shortly after to adopt the section of provisos in the S.C. Department of Health and Human Services’ proposed fiscal 2014 budget that would establish the GOP health-care alternative.

The Town of Great Falls collected $3,000 at a public auction on Feb. 20.
Great Falls Mayor Don Camp said the town held an auction at the police department to sell three police department vehicles, a truck and a tractor.
Camp said a 2004 Ford Crown Victoria police car sold for $1,500 and a 1980 Ford tractor with a mower brought in $1,500.
A second 2004 Ford Crown Victoria police car has been sold for $1,500 and a 1999 Ford Expedition used by the police department was sold for $2,500, Camp said Monday.

The S.C. Department of Transportation is expected to begin work in coming weeks on the intersection of Charlotte Highway and 521 Corporate Center Drive.

The project, slated to begin sometime in the next two to three weeks, includes the addition of traffic lights and a left-turn lane.

SCDOT District 4 Associate Traffic Engineer Danny Carns said the project is intended to ease the flow of traffic into 521 Corporate Center stemming from a 1,000-job expansion at the park’s largest tenant, Red Ventures.