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Truck plant layoffs around Charlotte Daimler Trucks North America, formerly known as Freightliner, has three manufacturing facilities in the Charlotte area. By March 13, Daimler will layoff 2,137 workers among its three Charlotte plants. More ... After eight years in Columbia city management, one as an assistant and seven as Columbia's city manager, former Columbia Police Chief Charles Austin must move on. His last day on the job is March 31 when he collects his last pay check, part of an annual take of more than $160,000, plus an unreported expense package and retirement plan. More ... There are roughly 16.3 million non- ambulatory people in the U.S., about a third of them older than 85 years old. They potentially have need for a ramp access where there is a step or a raised entry porch or an elevated threshold. By 2050, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, the 85- plus population should more than triple from 5.4 million to 19 million. More ... Who says you can't turn back time? When Trenholm Plaza opened almost 50 years ago, shopping centers were well worn threads in the fabric of American culture. More ... Dr. Constance Schulz, professor emeritus of history at the University of South Carolina, has been awarded a $200,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to digitize the papers of two prominent South Carolina women, Eliza Lucas Pinckney and her daughter, Harriett Pinckney Horry. More ... The South Carolina Bar recognized graduates of its inaugural Leadership Academy at its House of Delegates meeting on Thursday, January 22, during the 2009 Bar Convention at the Myrtle Beach Marriott Resort at Grande Dunes. More ... The Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation and Donavan Carr, franchise owner of the Firehouse Subs Restaurant in Spring Valley, presented a thermal imaging camera to the Pine Grove Volunteer Fire Department Thursday, January 15. More ... |
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