SC inmates with illegal phones guided guard rescue
BISHOPVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Inmates at a maximum security prison in South Carolina used illegal cell phones to guide rescuers to a guard who was being held hostage in the facility.
A guard at the Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville was rescued shortly before 10 p.m. Thursday, nearly five hours after being taken hostage.
Corrections Department spokesman Clark Newsom
says the officer suffered cuts and bruises but was able to walk out of
the prison. The officer's name was not released. He was taken to a local
hospital to be examined.
South Carolina State University's new $4.8 million building sits idle
South Carolina State University says it doesn’t have the cash it needs to fill its new $4.8 million Transit Center.
Construction was completed nine months ago on the Clyburn Transit Center at South Carolina State University, but the 8,500-square-foot building sits empty and unused.
The $4.8 million center — the first phase in the James E. Clyburn Transportation Center — was completed last December after 13 years of delays.
It has space for automotive research and education, a chiller plant, underground fuel tanks, three automotive research bays and a fourth bay for cleaning and preparing vehicles. No activities are ongoing, university spokesperson Erica Taylor said.
S.C. State trustee Maurice Washington, chairman of the board’s research committee, noted during a Thursday meeting that the building is not being used. He asked administrators if the center’s programs “are presently active and funded.”
At first, Charles Wright, executive director of the Clyburn Transportation Center, told trustees they were. But he later said the Transportation Center had received no federal or state funding for programs since 2010.
Interim President Dr. Cynthia Warrick also said the funds have not been raised to operate the programs.
Work stress 'raises heart risk'
Having a highly demanding job, but little control over it, could be a deadly combination, UK researchers say.
They analysed 13 existing European studies covering nearly 200,000 people and found "job strain" was linked to a 23% increased risk of heart attacks and deaths from coronary heart disease.
The risk to the heart was much smaller than for smoking or not exercising, the Lancet medical journal report said.
The British Heart Foundation said how people reacted to work stress was key.
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