Grandma On The Run After Granddaughter Died Eating Pills From Candy Dish

Andy Griffith dies at 86

Beloved TV star Andy Griffith died at his home in Manteo, North Carolina, on Tuesday morning. He was 86.

Former University of North Carolina President Bill Friday confirmed the passing of his close friend to WITN News.

Griffith became a household name for his portrayal of a small-town sheriff on "The Andy Griffith Show," which aired from 1960 to 1968. His character, Andy Taylor, was a widower in the fictional town of Mayberry, N.C., which was thought to be modeled after Griffith's hometown of Mount Airy, N.C. His character encountered daily drama from his sidekick Deputy Barney Fife (Don Knotts) as well as his young son, Opie (Ron Howard).

Ruling lets S.C. students earn credit for religion classes

In a ruling that advocates called "a tremendous victory for religious education," a three-judge panel of the 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld the right of a school district to award high school credit for religious courses, as long as they meet secular standards.

TD Bank to ramp up hiring in SC in August

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Hiring for TD Bank's expansion plans for South Carolina is ramping up as its Greenville customer call center opens next month with 70 people.

The call center is part of the bank's plans for a regional hub, announced last November. Bank officials say the center will employ about 260 workers by year's end and 550 employees once fully staffed.

They are among the 1,600 jobs the bank expects to add in South Carolina by 2016 — 1,400 at its expanded corporate offices off Interstate 85 and 200 jobs at a technology center in Lexington. The bank currently employs 1,465 people statewide. That's about 120 more than last year, as the bank added tellers and other branch employees to accommodate longer hours.

Despite safety concerns, more golf carts hitting the road to save owners some green

They may be called golf carts, but these rides aren’t spending as much time on the greens as they used to.

“These will probably never see a golf course,” says Bob Miller, a salesman at Graham Golf Carts in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina about a few of the carts in his showroom.

And who could blame someone for choosing a fun, fuel efficient vehicle to get around town over a gas-guzzling, traffic inducing car?

Owners in South Carolina are especially pleased because in May, Governor Nikki Haley approved a bill that allows golf carts to be driven up to four miles from their homes, starting in October – instead of the two miles that had previously been the law.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/07/03/despite-safety-concerns-more-golf-carts-hitting-road-to-save-owners-some-green/#ixzz1zaNKRjuS

Small Farmers Creating a New Business Model as Agriculture Goes Local

Matthew Ryan Williams for The New York Times

Radishes are among the many vegetables grown at Alm Hill gardens near Everson, Wash., where produce is sold locally.

SEATTLE — The cultivated rusticity of a farmers’ market, where dirt-dusted beets are status symbols and earnest entrepreneurs preside over chunks of cheese, is a part of weekend life in cities across the nation as the high days of the summer harvest approach.

Grandma On The Run After Granddaughter Died Eating Pills From Candy Dish

 It’s been nearly one year since 2-year-old Destiny Riddick died after allegedly ingesting some pills from her grandmotherKimberly Artis’ (pictured left) candy dish.  Now police are hunting for Artis who ran away after being brought up on murder charges for her granddaughter’s death, according toNewsChannel 3.

On July 17, 2011, Destiny reportedly thought she was eating candy from a dish that had been ordinarily filled with sweet treats in her grandmother’s Suffolk, Virginia, home. Instead, the little girl had swallowed the potent drug suboxone, which is used to treat heroin addictions.

When Suffolk police were summoned to the scene, they found that the child was not breathing. Destiny was then immediately rushed to a nearby hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Babysitter Allegedly Kills Baby Then Hides Body At Cousin’s House

Marquita Burch of  Cincinnati, Ohio stands accused of killing 1-year-old William Cunningham while she was babysitting him, WKRC 12 reports.


Burch has been charged with murder, involuntary manslaughter, two counts of endangering children, abusing a corpse and tampering with evidence in the baby’s death. According to the Hamilton County Prosecutor, Joe Deters, the boy died of “subdural hematoma, or a collection of blood on the brain.”

Teacher Charged With Having Sex With 12-Year-Old Ex-Student

Keshia Shaw of Tacoma, Washington is accused of having sex with a 12-year-old former student she taught five years ago, television station KIRO 7 reports.

Shaw, who taught at Grey Middle School, has been charged with five counts of second-degree child rape. She has not entered a plea. The boy, now 17, recently told his mother about the alleged acts and was inspired to speak up after hearing a sermon about molestation during a church sermon.